DOD PLANS ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO DATA COLLECTION FOR GHG INVENTORY

On-site fuel combustion, which includes the combustion of natural gas and fuel oil for heating and production of steam and hot water for installations, accounted for 6.7 million MTCO2e, while purchased steam and hot water accounted for 1.8 million MTCO2e, it says. "Since about 95% of DoD Scope...

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Published inInside EPA's Defense Environment Alert Vol. 19; no. 10
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Inside Washington Publishers 10.05.2011
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Data collection
Emissions
Environmental protection
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Summary:On-site fuel combustion, which includes the combustion of natural gas and fuel oil for heating and production of steam and hot water for installations, accounted for 6.7 million MTCO2e, while purchased steam and hot water accounted for 1.8 million MTCO2e, it says. "Since about 95% of DoD Scope 1&2 target-subject emissions result from our use or purchase of energy, this is obviously our highest priority area for GHG emissions reductions," a DOD spokeswoman says.