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* [Who Reports?|Who reports?]
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The data collected under EPA's GHG Reporting Program can be used to help businesses track emissions, and identify actions to increase efficiencies, inform policy, and provide important information to the finance and investment communities.{tip}

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EPA is also providing a "File for Download" which allows advanced users to download all non-confidential data submitted to EPA in an XML file. This file contains additional data elements not featured in the data publication tool, including items such as monitoring methods used and missing data methods. {highlight}link to File For Download{highlight}{tip}
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In January 2012, for the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data collected under the GHG Reporting Program.  The data set shows 2010 U.S. GHG emissions from large industrial facilities, and from suppliers of certain fossil fuels and industrial gases. Reporting entities used uniform methods for estimating emissions, which enables data to be compared and analyzed.  The data confirm that among large, direct GHG emitters, the sector with the largest emissions is power plants, followed by petroleum refineries. EPA will update the website regularly to provide the most up-to-date information available.  

EPA developed an easy-to-use online [data publication tool| http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do] that allows users to view GHG data in a variety of ways, including by location, facility, industrial sector, or state.  In the coming months EPA will add more features to the data publication tool. 

The GHG data set for 2010 includes: 
* GHG reports from over 6,700 entities. 
* Information on  GHGs  including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and several  types of fluorinated industrial gases.
* GHG data from facilities from specific industries that directly emit 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent or more per year, roughly equivalent to the emissions from burning 131 railcars of coal.  {highlight}Link to list of 2010 reporters{highlight}

h4.What the Data Tells Us 
The GHG Reporting Program collects information from facilities that directly emit GHGs and from suppliers of products that release GHGs if combusted, oxidized, or used.  The data publication tool has two distinct sections so the user can view these data sets separately.  The default view allows the user to explore data from direct emitters such as power plants, refineries, and other large direct emissions sources. 

The  data for direct GHG emitters show that in 2010:
 * Power plants were the largest stationary source of direct U.S. GHG emissions with 2,324 million metric tons of CO{~}2{~}e, followed by refineries with 183 million metric tons of CO{~}2{~}e. 
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* CO{~}2{~} emissions accounted for largest share of direct emissions with 95 percent, followed by methane with 4 percent, and nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases representing the remaining 1 percent. 
* 100 facilities each reported emissions over 7 million metric tons of CO{~}2{~}e, including 96 power plants, 2 iron and steel mills and 2 refineries.

h4.Notes on the Data 
The data released in January 2012 reflect any resubmitted reports from facilities as of December 16, 2011.  Information received after that date will be included in EPA's next update. EPA does not release confidential business information. Twelve additional source categories will report their 2011 data for the first time beginning in 2012. {highlight}link to Track 2 Reporters list{highlight}

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Source: This page was derived from the Data Publication Factsheet dated late December 2011 


Approval / Publishing History: based on Data Fact Sheet 12-15-11v2.docx  (attached)

Expiration : Factsheet was not final when this was extracted, as soon as its final this should be updated
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