Not exact matches
Study results show that total
emissions are in line with EPA
estimates from the production of natural gas, yet the distribution of those
emissions among activities
differ.
«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 two
estimates for theUnited States
differed by only 0.9 %, but the absolute value of this difference was greater than total
emissions from 147 of the 195 countries analyzed.
Yet, model projections of future global warming vary, because of
differing estimates of population growth, economic activity, greenhouse gas
emission rates, changes in atmospheric particulate concentrations and their effects, and also because of uncertainties in climate models.