Emissions Falling for Industrial Sectors, Report Finds
Between 2002 and 2006, the U.S. industrial sectors improved their combined emissions intensity by 9.4 percent, and in 2006, actual greenhouse gas emissions for these sectors fell a combined 1.4 percent, according to a recent report.
Between 2002 and 2006, the U.S. industrial sectors improved their combined emissions intensity by 9.4 percent, and in 2006, actual greenhouse gas emissions for these sectors fell a combined 1.4 percent, according to a recent report.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the
Climate VISION Progress Report 2007, which reports on the actions taken by energy-intensive industries to improve greenhouse gas emissions intensity of their operations from 2002 to 2006.
Climate VISION — Voluntary Innovative Sector Initiatives: Opportunities Now — is a public-private partnership initiative launched on February 12, 2003, to reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas intensity — measured as emissions per unit of gross domestic production — by 18 percent from 2002 to 2012.
The partnership is comprised of business associations and trade groups representing 13 energy-intensive industrial sectors and the Business Roundtable, which collectively account for about 40 to 45 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the DOE.
The emissions intensity reductions reported by the power and industrial sectors is also reflected in greenhouse gas intensity data for the U.S. economy as a whole, according to the DOE. From 2005 to 2006, U.S. greenhouse gas intensity fell by 4.2 percent, the largest annual decrease since 1990, and in 2006 actual emissions declined 1.5 percent below the 2005 total, while the U.S. economy grew 2.9 percent, according to the DOE.
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