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Environmental Awareness: Introduction to Green House Gas Sources, Impacts, and Control

Robert P. Stevens, P.E., DEE


Course Outline

This course presents basic information on the chemicals considered to be Green House Gases, the sources of these emissions, relative emission quantities from all sectors, and how these estimates are developed. At the completion of this course, the student should have a basic understanding of the activities that contribute Green House Gases and ideas on steps that can be taken to control them. Course contents include: (1) Climate, Weather, and Green House Gases; (2) Green House Gases and Global Warming; (3) Green House Gases and Chemicals; (4) Measuring and Reporting Green House Gas Emissions; (5) Sources of Green House Gases in the US; (6) Overall Trends for Green House Gases; and (7) Contributions of Green House Gases by Sector; (8) Controlling Green House Gas Emissions; and (9) References and Information Sources.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will have learned the following:

Intended Audience and Benefit

This course is intended for those wanting an understanding of Green House Gases and Global Warming and why these are important factors in the US economy.

This course will benefit the audience immediately with a basic understanding of these concepts. A longer-term benefit will be an understanding of additional sources for more detailed information on the topics.

Course Introduction

Green House Gases and Global Warming are issues regularly discussed in the news and important factors in the US economy. This course presents basic information on the chemicals considered to be Green House Gases, the sources of these emissions, relative emission quantities from all sectors, and how these estimates are developed. At the completion of this course, the student should have a basic understanding of the activities that contribute Green House Gases and ideas on steps that can be taken to control them.

Course Content

The course content is in a PDF file (86 KB) Environmental Awareness: Introduction to Green House Gas Sources, Impacts, and Control. You need to open or download this document to study this course.


Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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