Climate change and Kansas

Based on data derived for 1990, Kansas ranks 31st in total greenhouse gas production. Total greenhouse gas emissions, due to human activity in the state of Kansas during 1990, were about 84 million tons (CO₂ equivalent). CO₂ is the major greenhouse gas emitted in Kansas accounting for about 86% of 1990 emissions, followed by CH₄ and N₂O, accounting for 11 and 3%, respectively.

Fossil fuel consumption is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in Kansas, accounting for 86% of 1990 CO₂ equivalent emissions. The electric utilities sector accounted for 41% of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel consumption, a majority of which (95%) are from bituminous coal burning. Transportation and industrial processes are other major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 50% of emissions from fossil fuel burning. Methane emissions by domesticated animals and landfills, and N₂O emissions from fertilizer use in agriculture were the other significant sources of greenhouse emissions, together accounting for 13% of 1990 CO₂ equivalent emissions. Natural gas and oil systems, livestock waste management systems, forest management and land-use change, burning of agricultural crop wastes, and wastewater treatment were minor emission sources, contributing about 2% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

WEB SITES (for more information)
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/impacts/stateimp/Kansas/index.html