WFPA Washington Forest Protection Association : Wildfires second largest carbon emitter in 2015

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2015 Washington Wildfire Data

• An estimated 1,089,968 acres burned across the state in 2015. This was the largest area burned in Washington's recorded history.

• An estimated 24,063,869 million metric tons of CO2e were emitted (CO2 andmethane).

  o This would represents 26% of Washington's 2012 human generated carbon emissions.

• CO2eemissions from the 2015 Wildfire season represent the second largest category of Washington's emissions after transportation.

• CO2e emissions from the 2015 wildfire season equal the CO2 emissions from 5.1 million passenger vehicles annually.

  
  

  Washington's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory

  Source: 1990-2012 Washington State Total Annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

  
  

• Transportation: Onroad gasoline; onroad diesel; marine vessels; jet fuel and aviation gasoline; rail; natural gas, LPG

• Residential/Commercial/Industrial (RCI): Coal; natural gas; oil; wood (CH4 and N2O)

• Electricity, Net Consumption-based: Coal; natural gas; petroleum; biomass and waste (CH4 and N2O)

• Agriculture: Enteric fermentation, manure management, agriculture soils

• Industrial Processes: Cement manufacture (CO2); aluminum production (CO2, PFC); limestone and dolomite use (CO2); soda ash; ODS substitutes (HFC, PFC, SF6); semiconductor manufacturing (HFC, PFC, SF6), electric power T&D (SF6)

• Waste Management: Solid waste management; wastewater management

• Fossil Fuel Industry: Natural gas industry (CH4), coal mining (CH4), oil industry (CH4)