How to Obtain Copies
You can electronically download this document on the U.S. EPA’s Climate Change homepage at <http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html>. To request free copies of this report, call the National Service Center for EnvironmentalPublications (NSCEP) at (800) 490–9198, or visit the NSCEP web site at <http://www.epa.gov/nscep/>.All data tables of this document are available for the full time series 1990 through 2005, inclusive, at the internet sitementioned above.
For Further Inormation
Contact Mr. Leif Hockstad, Environmental Protection Agency, (202) 343–9432, hockstad.leif@epa.gov.Or Ms. Lisa Hanle, Environmental Protection Agency, (202) 343–9434, hanle.lisa@epa.gov.For more information regarding climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, see the EPA web site at <http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html>.Released for printing: April 15, 2007
Key Categories
The photos on the front and back cover of this report depict the eight largest key categories from the 1990–2005 Inventory.The IPCC’s
Good Practice Guidance
(IPCC 2000) denes a key category as a “[source or sink category] that is prioritizedwithin the national inventory system because its estimate has a signicant inuence on a country’s total inventory of directgreenhouse gases in terms of the absolute level of emissions, the trend in emissions, or both.” By denition, key categoriesare sources or sinks that have the greatest contribution to the absolute overall level of national emissions in any of the yearscovered by the time series. Key category names can differ from those used elsewhere in the inventory report, due to namingconventions necessary to comply with UNFCCC reporting guidelines.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions rom Non-Energy Use o Fuels
Rather than being combusted for energy, fuels consumed for non-energy purposes act as building blocks orreagents in fabricating other materials. These fossil-fuel-derived materials are important from an emissionsperspective since they often provide long-term storage of the fuel’s carbon. Emissions from this source haveincreased 21 percent since 1990.
Direct Nitrous Oxide Emissions rom Agricultural Soil Management
(Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Agricultural soil management is the largest single source of nitrous oxide emissions in the United States,accounting for 5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2005. Direct soil nitrous oxide emissions dependon the amounts of nitrogen inputs such as fertilizer and crop residues added to soils, as well as on temperature,precipitation, and other factors. Emissions from this source uctuate from year to year depending on weatherand nitrogen inputs, and have not changed signicantly since 1990.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions rom Stationary Combustion: Oil
Carbon dioxide emissions from combustion of oil in stationary applications account for approximately 9percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2005. Stationary applications that most commonly burn oil includeindustrial boilers, residential and commercial furnaces, and electric power plants. Emissions from this sourcehave increased 7 percent since 1990.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions rom Stationary Combustion: Gas
Carbon dioxide emissions from combustion of natural gas in stationary applications accounted for approximately16 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2005. Stationary applications that most commonly burn naturalgas include residential and commercial furnaces and stoves, electric power plants, and industrial furnaces andboilers. Emissions from this source have increased 17 percent since 1990.
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