U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Open for Public Comment

Environment News Service, March, 2005

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.6 percent from 2002 to 2003, but they stayed below emission levels in 2000, according to an annual report on the six gases released Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Fossil fuel combustion was the largest source of emissions, accounting for 80 percent of the total.

The agency released a draft of the annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2003 for a 30 day public comment period.

Th EPA says the increase was due primarily to 2003's moderate economic growth, which increased demand for electricity and fossil fuels.

From 1990 to 2003, emissions have grown by 13 percent, while the U.S. economy has grown by 46 percent the report shows.

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