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WHO PRODUCES GREENHOUSE GASES IN WALES?

Greenhouse gas emissions in Wales [Megatonnes of Carbon]

Sector

1990

2003
Energy Industry

4.29

4.84
Manufacture [energy]

3.22

2.87
Transport

1.70

1.81
Other sectors [energy]

1.60

1.58
Industrial processes

0.55

0.51
Agriculture [non energy]

1.64

1.53
Land-use change*

- 0.09

- 0.040
Waste

0.38

0.14
*vegetation is a SINK, not a SOURCE of CO2 emissions and therefore the - represents the store of carbon rather than an emission of CO2

Figures taken from WAG Cabinet Written Statement, 7 Oct 2005, C Jones







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