Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States: Department of Energy Report and Database

The Energy Information Administration (EIA), the independent and
statistical agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), provided
estimates of U.S. emissions of the principal greenhouse gases - carbon
dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), halocarbons (CFCs,
HCFCs), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and non-methane
volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The report of greenhouse gas
emission was mandated by the U.S. Congress through section 1605(a) of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Title XVI).

The report contains many tables and statistics regarding U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions including: carbon emissions from energy
consumption, energy production, industrial sources, and energy-related
carbon emissions (such as from petroleum, coal and natural gas);
methane emissions from energy production and use, combustion,
landfills, agricultural sources (including domesticated and wild
animals and wetland rice cultivation); nitrous oxide emissions from
nitrogen fertilizer use, fossil fuel combustion, adipic acid
production, nitric acid production, and waste sources; CFC production;
criteria pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile
organic compounds). Greenhouse gas emissions from land use changes
were also estimated.

The document includes an historical time series of energy-related
U.S. carbon emissions from 1949-1999.

The document can be obtained from the National Energy Information
Center at 202-586-8800 or from the U.S. Government Printing Office at
202-653-2050 or the Superintendent of Documents at 202-783-3238. Mail
orders should be sent to:

U.S. Government Printing Office
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

The most recent document can be obtained online at:
"http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/index.html"

For other environmental publications from DOE/EIA, see:
"http://www.eia.doe.gov/environment.html"