Industrial greenhouse gas emissions: Does CO2 from combustion of biomass residue for energy really matter?

Climate Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Lineback, Neal ^a   Dellinger, Taylor ^b   Shienvold, Lori Felix ^c   Witcher, Brian ^d   Reynolds, Audrey ^a   Brown, Lawrence E ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b W Piedmont Council of Governments   (United States)

^c Environ Systems Research Institute   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass combustion; Greenhouse gas; Industrial biofuel; Industrial fuel switching

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033544646     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr013221     Document Type: Article

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