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Title	U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks [TranStats Data Profile]
Record ID	12170
Corporate Creator	Bureau of Transportation Statistics/TranStats (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Corporate Contributor	Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher	BTS/TranStats (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Publication Date	20020808
Abstract	The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's annual greenhouse gas inventory report, which is also the official U.S. report submitted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Data include gases by type and source, including transportation-related sources. Emissions are measured by mass and by mass weighted by each gas?s potential to cause global warming. Available key data series include 1) greenhouse gas emissions by type, mode, and industrial sector and 2) greenhouse gas emissions by mass and by mass weighted by the each gas?s potential to cause global warming. Visit the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories.
TRT Terms	Pollutants ; Greenhouse gases ; Global warming ; Trend (Statistics) ; Climate ; Combustion ; Solvents ; Agriculture ; Land use ; Forestry ; Waste management ; Industrial wastes ; Energy ; Fossil fuels ; Ozone
Classification	NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts; NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics
Geographical Coverage	United States
Resource type	Dataset
URL	http://www.transtats.bts.gov/DatabaseInfo.asp?DB_ID=390&DB_Name=U.S.%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions%20and%20Sinks&Link=http%3A//www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/emissions/&DB_URL=Subject_ID=8&Subject_Desc=Environment&Mode_ID2=0
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites

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