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7-4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: 1990–2012

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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Tg CO2 Eq.

Year Transportation Industry Residential Commercial Agriculture
1990 1,556 2,174 953 937 579
1991 1,511 2,134 971 944 609
1992 1,570 2,190 968 940 605
1993 1,610 2,175 1,020 964 635
1994 1,659 2,214 1,011 977 618
1995 1,700 2,216 1,024 988 644
1996 1,754 2,264 1,085 1,017 678
1997 1,781 2,295 1,074 1,049 640
1998 1,824 2,264 1,077 1,060 616
1999 1,884 2,242 1,098 1,069 621
2000 1,934 2,236 1,162 1,126 604
2001 1,920 2,113 1,153 1,131 632
2002 1,961 2,089 1,180 1,132 627
2003 1,954 2,091 1,210 1,149 620
2004 2,002 2,135 1,209 1,166 644
2005 2,022 2,094 1,244 1,189 648
2006 2,020 2,098 1,182 1,170 665
2007 2,032 2,088 1,237 1,212 704
2008 1,940 2,009 1,223 1,209 687
2009 1,867 1,766 1,159 1,150 673
2010 1,881 1,885 1,217 1,165 669
2011 1,856 1,869 1,160 1,131 678
2012 1,841 1,821 1,062 1,068 676

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: 1990–2012, available at www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html as of September 2014.