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The overall objective of this project was to develop a program for the mitigation of greenhouse gases for the state of Alabama. The project was funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation, State and Local Outreach Program. Phase 1, the development and preparation of a state greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for the baseline year 1990 from major anthropogenic sources, was completed in the Spring of 1995, and has been published as " Inventory of Alabama Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Phase 2 developed recommendations for a state action plan to mitigate GHG emissions through the use of an Advisory panel of stakeholders in Alabama, a Technical Committee composed of University faculty/staff, and public meeting input. The panel developed and ranked options for reducing GHG emissions. Tax-related options were introduced and analyzed for economic effect by the technical committee, but none of these options were acceptable to the panel on principle and to the Technical Committee grouped and combined the highest-ranking options into five groups containing a total of 20 options. These Recommendations are presented in this final report for consideration by the appropriate Alabama State agencies. A companion volume for this project is available with additional details.
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