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7-4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: 1990-2011 (Table)

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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Tg CO2 Eq.

Year Transportation Industrial Residential Commercial Agriculture
1990 1,556 2,181 953 940 519
1991 1,511 2,141 971 947 527
1992 1,570 2,196 968 943 540
1993 1,609 2,182 1,020 967 579
1994 1,659 2,221 1,011 980 565
1995 1,700 2,222 1,024 991 580
1996 1,753 2,269 1,085 1,020 606
1997 1,779 2,304 1,074 1,052 572
1998 1,822 2,272 1,077 1,063 563
1999 1,882 2,251 1,098 1,072 565
2000 1,931 2,248 1,162 1,129 561
2001 1,916 2,125 1,153 1,135 577
2002 1,957 2,100 1,180 1,135 585
2003 1,950 2,103 1,210 1,152 570
2004 1,998 2,144 1,209 1,169 584
2005 2,017 2,102 1,244 1,192 582
2006 2,012 2,117 1,182 1,173 608
2007 2,018 2,114 1,237 1,216 626
2008 1,921 2,036 1,224 1,211 607
2009 1,845 1,790 1,160 1,151 593
2010 1,857 1,917 1,216 1,165 597
2011 1,834 1,897 1,170 1,131 613

Key: TgCO2 Eq. = teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalent. A teragram = 1 million metric tons.

Note: Electric power sector emissions are distributed across sectors. Emissions include CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011, available at www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html as of August 2013.