scholarly journals Emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States 1996

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Agricultural Offset Potential in the United States: Economic and Geospatial Insights

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Proville ◽  
Robert T. Parkhurst ◽  
Steven Koller ◽  
Sara Kroopf ◽  
Justin Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Large Series ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Abatement Costs ◽  
Carbon Prices

Although agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted from a wide variety of activities and regions, many mitigation opportunities exist. This article describes efforts undertaken by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and partners (2007 to present) to convert abatement opportunities into carbon offsets with the aim of reducing GHGs in this sector and providing revenue to landowners. Analyses of emission-abating practices for rice, rangelands and almonds demonstrate that abatement costs are significant for most practices and are accompanied by high break-even carbon prices — often due to high transaction costs. Nonetheless, total abatement potential is shown to be large for certain activities. For this reason, and given the large series of opportunities not yet explored, a focal point of subsequent efforts should be to reduce transaction costs and barriers to entry.

scholarly journals Market-based Policy Options to Control U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert E Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Reduce Emissions

The United States is moving closer to enacting a policy to reduce domestic emissions of greenhouse gases. A key element in any plan to reduce emissions will be to place a price on greenhouse gas emissions. This paper discusses the different approaches that can be taken to price emissions and assesses their strengths and weaknesses.

scholarly journals Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in the United States: Quantifying the Responses to Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases,+

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 2689-2701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora R. Mascioli ◽  
Arlene M. Fiore ◽  
Michael Previdi ◽  
Gustavo Correa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Anthropogenic Aerosols ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Model Aerosol

Abstract Changes in extreme temperatures, heat waves, and heavy rainfall events have adverse effects on human health, air quality, and water resources. With aerosol-only (AER) and greenhouse gas–only (GHG) simulations from 1860 to 2005 in the GFDL CM3 chemistry–climate model, aerosol-induced versus greenhouse gas–induced changes in temperature (summer) and precipitation (all seasons) extremes over the United States are investigated. Small changes in these extremes in the all forcing simulations reflect cancellations between the effects of increasing anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases. In AER, extreme high temperatures and the number of days with temperatures above the 90th percentile decline over most of the United States. The strongest response occurs in the western United States (−2.0°C and −14 days, regionally averaged) and the weakest response occurs in the southeastern United States (−0.6°C and −4.8 days). An opposite-signed response pattern occurs in GHG (+2.3°C and +11.5 days over the western United States and +1.6°C and +7.2 days over the southeastern United States). The similar spatial response patterns in AER versus GHG suggest a preferred regional mode of response that is largely independent of the type of forcing. Extreme precipitation over the eastern United States decreases in AER, particularly in winter, and increases over the eastern and central United States in GHG, particularly in spring. Over the twenty-first century under the representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) emissions scenario, the patterns of extreme temperature and precipitation associated with greenhouse gas forcing dominate.

scholarly journals The 3 GW Initiative

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-372
Author(s):  
Tim Palucka
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
The United States ◽  
Commercial Buildings ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
The Road

California continues its tradition of leading the United States in environmental stewardship through the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a $3.3 billion program established in January 2006. The goal is to generate 3 GW of electricity by 2017 through photovoltaic methods by installing solar cells on the roofs of existing and new residential and commercial buildings (see Figure 1). CSI will “reduce our output of greenhouse gases by 3 million tons,” California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a speech given in October 2006. “That is equivalent to taking one million cars off the road.”

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