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2009 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

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The 2009 Public Review Comments (PDF) (152 pp, 3 MB) are available.

2009 Main Report Tables (WinZip archive of CSV files, 215 KB) and Annex Tables (WinZip archive of CSV files, 259 KB)

Fast Facts - The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (PDF) (2 pp, 436K)

The "Fast Facts" card provides a summary of data from the most recent U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. Frequently used reference tables and conversions are also provided in this handy brochure.

INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990-2007
(April 2009)

Read or download the entire Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 (PDF, 441 pp., 13.9 MB, About PDF). For faster access, individual report sections are posted below, for example the Executive Summary (PDF, 26 pp., 316 KB, About PDF).

Individual sections of the report are also available for download:

Upfront (PDF, 6 pp., 116 KB, About PDF) - Includes title page, acknowledgments and preface.

Table of Contents (PDF, 16 pp., 180 KB, About PDF) - Plus a list of tables and figures.

Executive Summary (PDF, 26 pp., 316 KB, About PDF) - Provides a broad overview of all U.S. greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks, introduces key concepts and discusses the primary drivers for changes in emissions. All material in the Executive Summary is drawn from the following chapters.

Introduction (PDF, 18 pp., 245 KB, About PDF) - Includes background information on greenhouse gas emission inventories, an introduction to climate change, a discussion of methodological issues and plans for QA/QC and an uncertainty analysis.

Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF, 34 pp., 481 KB, About PDF) - Provides an overview of emission trends and discusses the primary drivers for changes in emissions.

Energy (PDF, 66 pp., 737 KB, About PDF) - Discusses and quantifies energy related emissions of all greenhouse gases resulting from stationary and mobile source activities including fuel combustion and fugitive fuel emissions.

Industrial Processes (PDF, 74 pp., 644 KB, About PDF) - Addresses emissions from industrial processes not directly related to energy activities.

Solvent and Other Product Use (PDF, 6 pp., 145 KB, About PDF) - Addresses emissions resulting from the use of solvents and evaporative emissions of greenhouse gases arising from other types of product use.

Agriculture (PDF, 40 pp., 2.72 MB, About PDF) - Addresses anthropogenic emissions from agricultural activities (not including fuel combustion and sewage emissions, which are addressed in the Energy and Waste chapters).

Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (PDF, 70 pp., 9.11 MB, About PDF) - Addresses emissions and removals from forest and land-use change activities, primarily carbon dioxide.

Waste (PDF, 20 pp., 251 KB, About PDF) - Addresses emissions from waste management activities.

Other (PDF, 1 pp., 107 KB, About PDF) - Addresses emissions from the "Other" IPCC sector.

Recalculations and Improvements (PDF, 6 pp., 154 KB, About PDF) - Includes an overview of changes in this year's report, including historical data, methodology and other changes relative to the 1990-2006 report.

References (PDF, 57 pp., 439 KB, About PDF)

All Annexes (PDF, 362 pp., 5.97 MB, About PDF) - Supplementary information, data tables, detailed emission calculations and methodological discussions.

Annex Introduction and TOC (PDF, 2 pp., 234 KB, About PDF)

Annex 1 (PDF, 18 pp., 404 KB, About PDF) - Key Category Analysis.

Annex 2 (PDF, 80 pp., 743 KB, About PDF) - Methodology and Data for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion.

Annex 3 (PDF, 204 pp., 5.09 MB, About PDF) - Methodological Descriptions for Additional Source or Sink Categories.

Annex 4 (PDF, 10 pp., 295 KB, About PDF) - IPCC Reference Approach for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion.

Annex 5 (PDF, 6 pp., 267 KB, About PDF) - Assessment of the Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Excluded.

Annex 6 (PDF, 20 pp., 357 KB, About PDF) - Additional Information.

Annex 7 (PDF, 22 pp., 409 KB, About PDF) - Uncertainty.

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