Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
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Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
Figure 9-2: Nevada Fossil Fuel Industry Emissions, 1990 - 2015 (MMTCO2eq)
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Transmission and distribution of natural gas are the major sources of GHG emissions in the sector. This
is due largely to the transportation and distribution of natural gas in the state that is not directly related
to natural gas produced within the state. Nevada is both a net importer of natural gas (and oil for that
matter) and also a "throughway" of natural gas from where it is produced to where it is inevitably used.
Figure 9-3 looks at the relative contributions of emissions from the natural gas and oil sub-sectors to
highlight just how large a share of the emissions of the fossil fuel industry sector come from the
transmission and distribution of natural gas.
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