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EPA Reports Record Greenhouse Gas Emissions

U.S. emissions of greenhouse gasses, which cause global warming, rose 1.7% between 2003 and 2004, to the highest level on record, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Citing reductions in methane and nitrous oxide emissions, EPA claimed progress. “While the U.S. economy expanded by 51% from 1990 to 2004, emissions have grown by only 15.8% over the same period,” notes an EPA press release. “The Bush administration has an unparalleled financial, international, and domestic commitment to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” according to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson. The report, “Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004,” is online at http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/ (click on “emissions”).

Published June 7, 2006

Boehland, J. (2006, June 7). EPA Reports Record Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/epa-reports-record-greenhouse-gas-emissions

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