EPA - Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Data for Calendar Year 2010

submitted by Albert Gomez

On January 11, 2012, EPA released greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported from large facilities and suppliers across the U.S. economy for the year 2010.

The 2010 GHG data includes public information from facilities in 9 industry groups, including 29 source categories, which directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as well as suppliers of certain fossil fuels and industrial gases.

This information can be used to help businesses track emissions and identify cost– and fuel–saving efficiencies, identify industry leaders, inform policy at the state and local levels, and provide important information to the finance and investment communities.

More information:

• Press Release
• The 2010 Greenhouse Gas Data fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 671K)
• Key Figures Summarizing 2010 Greenhouse Gas Data (PDF) (3 pp, 380K), PowerPoint (PPTX, 1.2MB)
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Greenhouse Gas Data Publication Tool

EPA's online data publication tool allows users to review information quickly and easily by filtering GHG data in a variety of ways including by facility, industry, location, or gas. The tool displays data in two distinct sections:

• "Direct emitters" are facilities that combust fuels or otherwise put GHGs into the atmosphere directly from their facility. This data is the default view for the tool.
• "Suppliers" are those entities that supply certain fossil fuels or fluorinated gases into the economy which, when combusted, released or oxidized emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This data may be found by accessing the suppliers section of the publication tool.

U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gases and Sinks

The data collected through the GHG Reporting Program complements the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks that the EPA has published every year since 1990. For more detail on the similarities and differences between these two sources of GHG data please review this fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 461K).

Background on the GHG Reporting Program

EPA's GHG Reporting Program, launched in October 2009, requires the reporting of GHG data from large emission sources across a range of industry sectors, as well as suppliers of products that would emit GHGs if released or combusted.

http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/index.html