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FAIRFAX, VA, October 29, 1999 - This week's issue
of Science magazine includes a major study, co-authored
by ICF Consulting, of the economic impact of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions in the U.S.
The study, presented in Science as the article, "Costs of
Multi-Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets for the USA," was prepared
by a team of atmospheric scientists, economists, and policy
analysts at the University of Illinois, the U.S. Department
of Energy's Pacific Northwest Laboratory, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), and ICF Consulting.
Past analysis has focused largely on the cost of reducing
emissions of one greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide. The Science
article, however, finds that by incorporating methane in a
greenhouse gas emissions reduction program, the U.S. can lower
its cost of meeting international reduction targets by as
much as 25 percent relative to the costs of reducing carbon
dioxide alone.
"The Science article shows the enormous importance of looking
at all the greenhouse gases when estimating the costs of an
emissions reduction program," said Michael Gibbs, a Senior
Vice President at ICF Consulting and a contributor to the
article. "It allows policy makers to quantitatively assess
multi-gas emissions reduction strategies for the first time."
For a copy of the Science article, please contact the
News and Information Office of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science at 1.202.326.6440.
A key source for the Science article is an analysis
of methane emissions prepared by ICF Consulting for the EPA.
This analysis, published by the EPA as "U.S.
Methane Emissions 1990-2020: Inventories, Projections, and
Opportunities for Reductions," provides the first
comprehensive examination of the opportunities and costs of
reducing emissions from the major U.S. sources of methane:
landfills, livestock manure systems, natural gas, and coal
mining. This methane analysis provides a key missing element
in the debate over the economic role of other greenhouse gases
in any nationwide emissions reduction strategy.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Douglas Beck
1.703.934.3820
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