A consumption-based GHG inventory for the U.S. state of Oregon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3679-3686

  Erickson, Peter ^a   Allaway, David ^b   Lazarus, Michael ^a   Stanton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Oregon Department Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION REDUCTION; GHG EMISSION; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; SPHERE OF INFLUENCES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; STATE ROLE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OREGON; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859336876     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203731e     Document Type: Article

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