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7-4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: 1990–2013

Monday, December 28, 2015

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Tg CO2 Eq.

Year Transportation Industry Residential Commercial Agriculture
1990 1,554 2,230 954 976 554
1991 1,509 2,188 972 985 578
1992 1,562 2,248 968 983 576
1993 1,604 2,231 1,021 1,010 597
1994 1,659 2,271 1,011 1,024 593
1995 1,701 2,275 1,025 1,037 615
1996 1,756 2,323 1,087 1,065 646
1997 1,784 2,354 1,076 1,098 611
1998 1,829 2,328 1,078 1,109 606
1999 1,890 2,303 1,100 1,118 599
2000 1,941 2,297 1,163 1,176 589
2001 1,928 2,171 1,155 1,183 620
2002 1,969 2,148 1,182 1,185 617
2003 1,959 2,147 1,211 1,204 600
2004 2,005 2,194 1,210 1,222 625
2005 2,023 2,149 1,244 1,248 629
2006 2,017 2,152 1,183 1,230 641
2007 2,018 2,141 1,239 1,273 678
2008 1,919 2,059 1,227 1,266 671
2009 1,840 1,818 1,162 1,199 657
2010 1,848 1,938 1,220 1,184 659
2011 1,820 1,924 1,166 1,153 671
2012 1,800 1,881 1,061 1,088 674
2013 1,810 1,923 1,129 1,127 649

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: 1990–2013, available at www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html as of September 2015.