CO! U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Tg CO2 Equivalents)
Change from
1 990 to 2007
Gas/Source
CQ-2
Fossil Fuel Combustion
Non-Energy Use of Fuels
Iron and Steel & Metallurgical Coke Production
Cement Production
Natural Gas Systems
Waste Incineration
Lime Production
Ammonia Production and Urea Consumption
Cropland Remaining Cropland
Limestone and Dolomite Use
Aluminum Production
Soda Ash Production and Consumption
Petrochemical Production
Titanium Dioxide Production
Carbon Dioxide Consumption
Ferroalloy Production
Phosphoric Acid Production
Wetlands Remaining Wetlands
Zinc Production
Petroleum Systems
Lead Production
Silicon Carbide Production and Consumption
Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (Sink)'
Wood Biomass and Ethanol Consumption"
International Bunker Fuels"
CH4
Enteric Fermentation
Landfills
Natural Gas Systems
Coal Mining
Manure Management
Forest Land Remaining Forest Land
Petroleum Systems
Wastewater Treatment
Stationary Combustion
Rice Cultivation
Abandoned Underground Coal Mines
Mobile Combustion
Composting
Petrochemical Production
Field Burning of Agricultural Residues
Iron and Steel & Metallurgical Coke Production
Ferroalloy Production
Silicon Carbide Production and Consumption
International Bunker Fuels'
N20
Agricultural Soil Management
Mobile Combustion
Nitric Acid Production
Manure Management
Stationary Combustion
Adipic Acid Production
Wastewater Treatment
N20 from Product Uses
Forest Land Remaining Forest Land
Composting
Settlements Remaining Settlements
Field Burning of Agricultural Residues
Waste Incineration
Wetlands Remaining Wetlands
International Bunker Fuels'
MFCs, PFCs, and SF6
Substitution of Ozone Depleting Substances
HCFC-22 Production
Electrical Transmission and Distribution
Semiconductor Manufacture
Aluminum Production
Magnesium Production and Processing
Total
Net Emissions (Sources and Sinks)
1 1990
5,076.7]
4,708.9]
117.0J
109.8]
33.3]
33.7J
10.9J
11.51
16.8]
j
5.1 1
6.8!
4.1|
2.2J
1.2
1.4!
2.2]
1 >;'
i
0.9]
0.4]
0.3|
0.4]
(841.4)1
279.3]
7743]
616.6]
133.2!
149.2]
129.6]
84.1 1
30.4]
4.6]
33.9!
23.5]
7.4!
7.1 1
6.0|
4.7
0.3!
0.9]
07
1.0
+ !
+ !
!
0.2]
315.0!
200.3!
43.7J
20.0]
12.1 1
12.8!
15.3]
37
4.4!
0.5]
0.4J
i
0.4!
0.5]
+ |
Tj!
90.5!
0.3]
36.4]
26.8]
2.9]
18.5!
5.4]
6,098.7]
5,257.3|
1991 I
5,030.9]
4,667.3]
124.0]
99.7]
32.5]
32.8J
12.5]
11.4|
16.8]
7.3J
4.5
6.9|
4.0|
2.3]
1.2
1.4!
1.9J
1.4]
1.0]
1.0]
0.4!
0.3|
0.3!
(859. 4) |
220.7]
723.6]
617.8]
133.5!
150.6]
130.7]
81.1 1
31.7]
4.0]
34.1]
23.9]
7.5J
7.0|
6.2|
4.6!
0.4]
O.g]
0.6|
0.8!
+!
+i
0.2!
322.2]
205.5!
45.8'
20.0]
12.6]
12.7]
15.o|
3.8]
4.3!
0.5]
0.4|
1.0]
0.4]
0.4]
|
!
82.7]
0.6]
32.7]
25.7]
2.9]
15.6!
5.2|
6,053.5!
5,194.1|
1992 I 1993
5,132.0! 5,256.5
4,767.4! 4,893.0
123.7] 123.7
100.3] 96.3
32.8] 34.6
32.2! 33.4
12.6] 13.4
11.8] 12.1
17.5] 17.8
6.9] 6.4
4.5] 4.2
6.8] 6.2
4.1| 4.0
2.4l 2.6
1.4! 1.4
1.4] 1.4
2.0] 1.9
1.5] 1.3
0.9] 1.0
1.0] 1.0
0.4] 0.4
0.3] 0.3
0.3] 0.3
(845. 6) | (7874)
230.5] 2257
7756] 7040
623.5] 610.3
137.7! 137.9
151.8] 151.7
131.0] 132.3
79.0| 67.7
30.5] 31.3
6.0] 3.7
33.2] 32.5
24.3] 24.4
7.8] 7.3
7.9| 7.0
6.7] 6.9
4.6] 4.5
0.4] 0.5
0.9! 1.0
0.8] 0.6
0.9] 0.9
+ ! +
+! +
0.2] 0 7
314.1] 334.7
195.4! 211.4
48.7! 50.8
20.5] 20.8
12.3] 12.8
12.9] 13.2
13.2J 14.1
3.9] 3.9
4.0| 4.6
0.7] 0.5
0.5l 0.6
1.1] 1.3
0.4! 0.3
0.5! 0.4
!
i
7.7! 7.0
86.4] 86.3
1.7| 5.4
36.4] 33.1
25.6] 24.8
2.9] 3.6
14.3] 13.7
5.5] 5.6
6,156.0] 6,287.8
5,310.3] 5,500.5
1994 I 1995
5,348.9! 5,407.9]
4,964.0] 5,013.9]
137.9] 137.5]
99.3] 103.1]
36.1 1 36.8]
00 C' 00 0'
00. Oj 00. Oj
14.0J 15.7J
12.6] 13.3]
18.4| 17.8]
6.8] 7.o|
4.7] 6.7]
5.5] 5.7]
4.0| 4.3]
2.7] 2.8]
1.5] 1.5]
1.4] 1.4]
2.0! 2.0!
1 r! 1 r!
I.Oj I.Oj
0.9! 1.0!
1.0] 1.0]
0.3] 0.3]
0.3] 0.3]
0.3] 0.3]
(912.6)1 (851.0)1
2322] 236.8]
7065] 707.6]
625.6] 615.8]
140.4! 143.6!
150.6] 144.3]
133.4] 132.6]
68.1| 67.1 1
33.5! 34.5]
11.0] 6.1]
32.3! 32.0]
24.7] 24.8]
7.2] 7.1|
8.2] 7.e|
8.1] 8.2]
4.5] 4.3]
o.e! 0.7]
1.1! Ll|
0.8i 0.7i
1.0] 1.0]
+ ! +!
! !
07! 0.7!
331.8! 334.1]
203.2! 202.3!
52.5! 53.7|
21.9] 22.3]
12.8] 12.9]
13.3] 13.3]
15.2! 17.3J
4.0] 4.0]
4.6] 4.6]
1.2] 0.8]
0.7! 0.8I
1.4| 1.2|
0.5! 0.4|
0.5! 0.5!
! |
! I
7.0| 0.9!
88.8] 105.5]
12.3! 28.5]
31.5] 33.0]
23.4i 21.6]
4.0] 4.9]
12.1J 11.8!
5.4| 5.6|
6,395.1! 6,463.3!
5,482.5| 5,612.3|
1996 ! 1997 I 1998
5,582.0] 5,673.5! 5,703.4
5,193.3] 5,268.2! 5,286.6
133.9] 146.9] 163.8
100.8] 102.0] 95.7
37.1| 38.3] 39.2
31.5| 31.3J 29.3
17.0J 17.6] 17.0
14.1| 14.3] 14.6
17.7] 18. 0| 19.0
7.o| 7.0] 7.7
7.2] 6.7] 6.9
6.0| 6.0| 6.2
4.2] 4.4] 4.3
2.8l 2.9l 3.0
1.5! 1.7! 1.7
1.4] 1.4] 1.4
2.1] 2.2] 2.2
1.6] 1.5] 1.6
0.9] 1.0] 1.1
1.0| 1.1| 1.2
0.3] 0.3] 0.3
0.3] 0.3] 0.3
0.3] 0.3] 0.4
(768.9j| (844.1)\ (741.1)
247.2] 2355] 278.7
708.3] 777.7] 720.3
621.7] 596.4] 589.2
141.2! 138.5! 137.1
140.9] 133.9] 127.2
134.6] 132.8] 130.0
66.8] 66.4] 66.8
33.1| 34.8] 38.0
17.5] 3.4] 4.6
32.0] 31.8] 31.5
24.9] 25.2] 25.2
7.4] 6.7] 6.2
7.0] 7.5| 7.9
8.5] 7.6] 6.9
4.2] 4.0| 3.8
0.8] 0.9] 1.0
1.1 1 1.2! 1.2
0.8] 0.8] 0.8
1.0] 1.0] 0.9
+! +i +
+! +! +
O.?] O.?] 0.2
354.5] 335.4] 343.1
219.5! 206.3! 218.5
54.4| 55.1J 55.0
23.2] 23.8] 23.4
12.7] 13.1J 13.4
13.9] 14.1J 13.9
17.2| 10.4J 6.1
4.1] 4.1] 4.2
4.6] 4.9] 4.9
2.0| 0.6J 0.8
0.9| 1.0j 1.1
1.2] 1.1] 0.9
0.4] 0.4] 0.5
0.5| 0.4! 0.4
i i
i i
7.0! 7.0! 7.7
115.1] 121.8] 133.4
39.7] 50.6] 57.0
31.2] 30. 1] 39.5
19.7] 18. l| 15.4
5.5] 5.8] 7.1
12.4] 10.8] 8.6
6.6] 6.4] 5.9
6,673.3] 6,727.2] 6,769.2
5,904.4] 5,883.2] 6,028.1
1999 I 2000
5,780.9! 5,955.2]
5,361.5! 5,561.5]
168.0] 144.5]
93.1| 95.1|
40.0] 41.2]
30.3! 29.4|
17.5] 17.5]
14.3] 14.1|
17.6| 16.4]
7.5| 7.5|
7.6] 5.1]
6.3! 6.1 1
4.2] 4.2]
3.1| 3.0]
1.7] 1.8]
1.4] 1.4]
2.2! 1.9J
15! 14!
12| 1^1
1.1! 1.1!
0.3] 0.3]
0.3] 0.3]
0.3] 0.2]
(6955J! (7775j|
227.4] 2273]
7025] 99.0|
589.9] 591.1]
136.5! 134.4!
125.7] 122.3]
126.0] 130.8]
62.9] 60.5]
37.5! 37.9]
16.2] 20.6]
30.6! 30.3]
25.3] 25.2]
6.3! 6.6]
8.3| 7.5|
7.0] 7.4]
3.6] 3.4]
1.1] 1.3]
1.3! 1.2!
0.8] 0.8]
0.91 O.g[
+ ! +!
! !
07! 0.7]
319.6! 329.2]
195.9! 204.5!
53.9! 52.8|
22.5] 21.9]
13.5] 14.0|
14.0] 14.5]
5.6] 6.2]
4.4| 4.5|
4.9! 4.9!
2.0! 2.4i
12 1.4|
0.9! 1.2|
0.4] 0.5]
0.4! 0.4l
+ i +l
7.0| 0.9]
131.7] 132.8]
64.0! 71.2]
30.4] 28.6]
15.7i 15.1|
7.2! 6.2]
8.5] 8.6]
5.9J 3.0]
6,822.2] 7,008.2]
6,126.7] 6,290.7]
2001 ! 2002 I 2003
5,860.0] 5,908.2! 5,963.2
5,493.7] 5,535.8! 5,604.9
135.6] 141.1J 132.5
83.6] 79.6] 77.4
41.4] 42.9] 43.1
28.8| 29.6! 28.4
17.9] 18.5] 18.9
13.6] 13. 1] 13.8
13.3] 14.2] 12.4
7.8| 8.5] 8.3
4.8] 5.2] 4.1
4.4| 4.5] 4.5
4.li 4.1! 4.1
2.8] 2.9l 2.8
1.7! 1.8! 1.8
0.8] 1.0] 1.3
1.5] 1.3] 1.3
1.3] 1.3] 1.4
1.1 1 1.0| 1.0
1.0| 0.9] 0.5
0.3] 0.3] 0.3
0.3] 0.3] 0.3
0.2] 0.2] 0.2
(7459j| (1,028.7)\ (1,265.4)
203.2] 2044] 209.5
970] 7046] 700.4
577.1] 580.9] 578.7
133.6! 134.0! 134.6
119.5] 121.9] 128.3
129.5] 129.0] 127.2
60.4] 56.8] 56.8
39.3] 40.4] 40.2
12.0] 18. 1] 11.6
30.2] 29.9] 29.2
24.7] 24.7] 24.5
6.2] 6.2] 6.4
7.6| 6.8| 6.9
6.7] 6.2] 6.0
3.3] 3.0| 2.8
1.3] 1.3] 1.5
1.1 1 1.2! 1.1
0.8] 0.7] 0.8
0.8] 0.8j 0.8
+! +i +
+! +! +
O.?l O.?l 0.7
336.5] 322.0] 312.5
220.4! 207.6! 202.8
50.1 ] 46.1J 42.6
17.8] 19.3] 18.1
14.3] 14.2] 13.9
14.1| 14. Oi 14.3
5.1| 6.1j 6.3
4.6] 4.5] 4.5
4.9] 4.4] 4.4
1.6J 2.2] 1.6
1.4| 1.4! 1.6
1.4] 1.4] 1.5
0.5] 0.4] 0.4
0.4i 0.4! 0.4
! |
! !
0.9! 7.0! 0.9
122.6] 131.1] 126.6
77.0| 83. 0| 88.9
19.7] 21.1] 12.3
15.1| 14.5] 14.0
4.4] 4.3] 4.3
3.5] 5.2] 3.8
2.9] 2.9] 3.4
6,896.3] 6,942.3] 6,981.1
6,150.3] 5,913.6] 5,715.7
2004 I 2005
6,048.1! 6,090.8]
5,669.3! 5,723.5]
149.3] 138.1]
76.0] 73.2]
45.6] 45.9]
28.1 ] 29.5|
18.6] 19.5]
14.5] 14.4]
13.2| 12.8]
7.6] 7.9|
5.9] 6.8]
4.2] 4.1|
4.2] 4.2]
2.9] 2.8]
2.1| 1.8]
1.2] 1.3]
1.4! 1.4J
1.4] 1.4l
1.2] 1.1J
0.5] 0.5]
0.3] 0.3]
0.3] 0.3]
0.2] 0.2]
(1,294.6)\ (1,122.7)1
2248] 237.5]
7749] 777.5]
562.7] 561.7]
133.7! 136.0!
126.2] 127.8]
118.0] 106.3]
58.2] 57.1|
39.7! 41.8]
6.6] 14.2]
28.7! 28.3]
24.5] 24.3]
6.5! 6.7]
7.6] 6.8|
5.8! 5.6]
2.7] 2.5]
1.6! 1.6i
1.2! L1|
0.9! 0.9!
0.81 0.7]
+ ! +!
! !
07! 0.7]
317.8] 315.9]
211.2! 210.6!
40.0! 36.7|
18.0] 18.6]
14.1] 14.2]
14.5] 14.8]
5.9l 5.9l
4.6| 4.8|
4.4! 4.4!
1.0! 1.8i
17 17
1.6! 1.5|
0.5] 0.5]
0.4! 0.4l
+! +l
7.7] 7.0]
136.3] 140.2]
95.0! 100.01
17.2] 15.8]
14.0i 14.0|
4.3] 4.4]
2.8] 3.0]
2.9J 2.9]
7,064.9] 7,108.6]
5,770.4] 5,985.9]
2006 I 2007 I
6,014.9] 6,103.4
5,635.4] 5,735.8
145.1J 133.9
76.1 1 77.4
46.6] 44.5
29.5| 28.7
19.8] 20.8
15.1| 14.6
12.3] 13.8
7.9| 8.0
8.0] 6.2
3.8] 4.3
4.2] 4.1
2.6] 2.6
1.9] 1.9
1.7] 1.9
1.5] 1.6
1.2] 1.2
0.9] 1.0
0.5] 0.5
0.3] 0.3
0.3] 0.3
0.2] 0.2
(7,050.5;] (1,062.6)
240.4] 2478
770.5] 708.8
582.0] 585.3
138.2! 139.0
130.4] 132.9
104.8] 104.7
58.4] 57.6
41.9] 44.0
31.3] 29.0
28.3] 28.8
24.5] 24.4
6.3] 6.6
5.9| 6.2
5.5] 5.7
2.4] 2.3
1.6] 1.7
1.0] 1.0
0.8i 0.9
0.7] 0.7
+! +
+i +
O.?l 0.7
312.1] 311.9
208.4! 207.9
33.5| 30.1
18.2] 21.7
14.6] 14.7
14.5] 14.7
5.9| 5.9
4.8] 4.9
4.4] 4.4
3.5] 3.3
1.8| 1.8
1.5] 1.6
0.5] 0.5
0.4i 0.4
!
!
7.0! 7.0
142.1] 149.5
105.0! 108.3
13.8] 17.0
13.2] 12.7
4.7] 4.7
2.5] 3.8
2.9] 3.0
7,051.1] 7,150.1
6,000.6] 6,087.5
w&spH
1,026.7
1,026.9
16.9
(32.4)
11.2
(5.1)
9.8
3.1
(3.0)
0.9
1.1
(2.6)
(0.0)
0.4
0.7
0.5
(0.6)
(0.4)
(0.0)
(0.4)
(0.1)
(0.0)
(0.2)
(221. 1)
28.5
(5.6)
(31.2)
5.8
(16.3)
(24.9)
(26.4)
13.6
24.4
(5.1)
0.8
(0.8)
(1.0)
(0.3)
(2.5)
1.3
0.2
0.2
(0.3)
(0.0)
(0.0)
(0.0)
(3.1)
7.6
(13.6)
1.7
2.6
1.9
(9.4)
1.2
(0.0)
2.7
1.5
0.6
0.1
(0.1)
(0.0)
(0.1)
59.0
108.0
(19.4)
(14.1)
1.8
(14.7)
(2.5)
1,051.3
830.2
EfflSM
20%
22%
14%
(30)%
34%
(15)%
90%
27%
(18)%
13%
21%
(38)%
(+) %
19%
57%
32%
(28)%
(24)%
(2)%
(44)%
(24)%
(7)%
(48)%
26%
73%
(5)%
(5)%
4%
(11)%
(19)%
(31)%
45%
533 %
(15)%
4%
(10)%
(14)%
(5)%
(52)%
417%
18%
29%
(27)%
(34)%
(67)%
(73;%
(1)%
4%
(31)%
9%
22%
15%
(61)%
32%
(+) %
536 %
417%
61%
29%
(16)%
(2)%
(6)%
65%
32,610%
(53)%
(53)%
61 %
(79)%
(45)%
17%
16%
1990-2007 Trends
Total GHG emissions rose 17.2 percent since 1990
Dominant gas emitted was C02, mostly from fossil fuel combustion
Methane emissions decreased by 5.1 percent
Nitrous oxide emissions decreased by 1.0 percent
HFC, RFC, and SF6 emissions have grown by 65.2 percent
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrous Oxide
Methane
I MFCs, PFCs, &SF,
ra
C3
o
8,000-
7,000-
6,000-
5,000-
2,000-
1,000-
o-
2.7%
s
o
u
2,500 -, Relative Contribution by
FuelType Natural Gas
Petroleum
Coal
2,000 -
1,500-
1,000 -
500-
0 J
Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Electricity U.S.
Generation Territories
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Atmospheric Programs (6207J)
April 2009
+ Does not exceed 0.05 Tg C02 Eq.
a Sinks are only included in net emissions totals.
b Emissions from International Bunker Fuels and Wood Biomass and Ethanol Consumption are not included in totals.
Note: Totals may not sum due to independent rounding. Emissions weighted using GWP values from IPCC Second
| Assessment Report (1996) in keeping with UNFCCC reporting guidelines.
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