This publication summarizes data reported for 1997, the fourth year of data collection for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program. The data reported to the program are available through several media. The software is interactive and modular by design, allowing the user to select, view, and if desired print the reports filed by the voluntary reporters, for each year of their participation.
Structured queries allow the user to access and print a variety of summary reports.
This report was prepared under the guidance of Mary J. Hutzler, Director of EIA's Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting. People who have made significant contributions to the program, the current software, and the preparation of this report include Stephen Calopedis, Margaret Carey, Laura Gehlin, William LaPerch, Chris Minnucci, Michael Mondshine, Richard Richards, and Arthur Rypinski. Arthur T. Andersen, Director of EIA's International, Macroeconomic, and Greenhouse Gases Division, retired in March 1999 after more than three decades of Federal service. Among his numerous accomplishments, Dr. Andersen led the development of EIA's Voluntary Reporting Program from its inception in 1993. The authors would like to dedicate this publication, which would have doubtless been much improved by his editorial ministrations, to Arthur Andersen, with affection and gratitude.