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  <p><span
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<ul class="accordion"><li><a class="accordion-title" href="#pane-1" title="Click to expand description">2015 Total Reported Direct Emissions from Pulp and Paper, by Subsector (as of 8/13/16).</a>

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			<p>Sum of percentages may not equal 100% due to independent rounding.</p>
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			<p>Emissions from the pulp and paper sector declined from 2012 to 2013 in part due to a change in the emission factors used to estimate GHG emissions from the combustion of spent pulping liquor and wood residuals. For more information, please click <a href="/ghgreporting/ghgrp-2013-pulp-and-paper">here</a>.</p>
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			<p>This map shows the locations of direct-emitting facilities. The size of a circle corresponds to the quantity of emissions reported by that facility.</p>
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</ul><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Pulp and Paper Sector — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reported to the GHGRP</strong><br />
				(all emissions values presented in million metric tons CO<sub>2</sub>e)</td>
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			<th class="center" scope="col">2011</th>
			<th class="center" scope="col">2012</th>
			<th class="center" scope="col">2013</th>
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		</tr><tr><td><strong>Number of facilities:</strong></td>
			<td class="center">233</td>
			<td class="center">232</td>
			<td class="center">233</td>
			<td class="center">234</td>
			<td class="center">232</td>
		</tr><tr><td><strong>Total emissions (CO<sub>2</sub>e):</strong></td>
			<td class="center">44.2</td>
			<td class="center">42.7</td>
			<td class="center">39.4</td>
			<td class="center">39.3</td>
			<td class="center">38.4</td>
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				    gas (CO<sub>2</sub>e)</strong>
				<ul><li><strong>Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>):</strong></li>
					<li><strong>Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>):</strong></li>
					<li><strong>Nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O):</strong></li>
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				41.2<br />
				1.1<br />
				1.9</td>
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				39.8<br />
				1.1<br />
				1.9</td>
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				38.6<br />
				0.2<br />
				0.6</td>
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				38.5<br />
				0.2<br />
				0.6</td>
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				37.7<br />
				0.2<br />
				0.6</td>
		</tr></tbody></table><p>Totals may not equal sum of individual GHGs due to independent rounding.</p>

<p>CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from the combustion of biomass are NOT included in emissions totals provided above.</p>

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Number of reporters and 2015 emissions (CO<sub>2</sub>e) per pulp and paper industry subsector</strong></td>
		</tr><tr><th scope="col">Industry Sector</th>
			<th class="center" scope="col">2015 Number of Reporters</th>
			<th class="center" scope="col">2015 Emissions (million metric tons CO<sub>2</sub>e)</th>
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				<ul><li>Chemical Pulp and Paper Production</li>
					<li>Other Paper Producers</li>
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					108<br />
					124</p>
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					26.9<br />
					11.6</p>
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		</tr></tbody></table><h2>Other EPA Resources</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/ghgemissions/us-greenhouse-gas-inventory-report-1990-2014">U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report</a></li>
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