Sentences with phrase «u.s. national greenhouse gas inventory»

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WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the U.S.'s 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national emissions inventory.

As was decided during their Nov. 14 - 15 Meeting, Presidents Obama and Hu agreed that the U.S. EPA will assist China in developing its national greenhouse gas inventory, providing a greater level of assurance that the Chinese are accurately accounting for emissions using best - practices and sound methodologies.

In 2010, N2O emissions from agricultural soil management in the U.S. were approximately 208 million metric tons of CO2 - equivalent according to the Environmental Protection Agency's 2012 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

«EPA is aware of methane studies that result in estimates of national methane emissions that differ from EPA's estimates, and is interested in feedback on how information from such studies can be used to improve U.S. GHG [greenhouse gas] Inventory estimates,» the agency said in a statement.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also signed a memorandum of cooperation in connection with the summit with China's National Development and Reform Commission to help China develop a robust, transparent, and accurate inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions.

Based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), the 2016 Global Carbon Project's Methane Budget and the 2017 EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the paper finds that methane emissions from the U.S. natural gas industry account for just 1.2 percent of 2016 global methane emissions and 0.2 percent of total radiative forciGas Index (AGGI), the 2016 Global Carbon Project's Methane Budget and the 2017 EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the paper finds that methane emissions from the U.S. natural gas industry account for just 1.2 percent of 2016 global methane emissions and 0.2 percent of total radiative forciGas Inventory, the paper finds that methane emissions from the U.S. natural gas industry account for just 1.2 percent of 2016 global methane emissions and 0.2 percent of total radiative forcigas industry account for just 1.2 percent of 2016 global methane emissions and 0.2 percent of total radiative forcing.