March 3, 2003—More than two hundred US companies and other entities reported to the US Department of Energy’s Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program that they had undertaken 1,705 projects to reduce or sequester greenhouse gases in 2001.
Reported direct emission reductions represented 3.2 percent of total US greenhouse gas emissions during 2001, while reported indirect reductions were 1.0 percent, unspecified reductions corresponded to 0.2 percent, and carbon sequestration represented 0.1 percent. Relative to 2000 levels, direct emission reductions increased by 5.2 percent, indirect reductions grew by 14.4 percent, and unspecified reductions expanded by 20.9 percent, while carbon sequestration fell by 11.7 percent.
lectric power sector, with 103 companies reporting, provided the largest number of participants to the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program.
An electronic version of the full report Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases 2001, can be downloaded from DOE’s Web site.
