What types of activities could be included in a domestic offsets program?
A wide range of activities could be included in a domestic offsets program. For example: capture of landfill methane capture of coalbed methane reducing nitrous oxide and methane from wastewater treatment capturing natural gas and petroleum CO2 and methane process losses afforestation/reforestation and forest management conversion of pasture or crop lands to grasslands conservation tillage or improved soil management improved rangeland management improved nitrogen fertilizer management avoided deforestation and forest degradation (avoided conversion) Forest and agricultural offsets are expected to provide by far the largest stream of offsets from the U.S. At this time the most common types of farming and forestry activities in the U.S. that can be used to generate offsets are practices that (1) increase or avoid losses in the amount of carbon stored in biomass (e.g., trees), (2) increase the amount of carbon stored in soil, or (3) reduce methane emissions from manure processing and dis
