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The Greenhouse Gases Project is a Government of British Columbia comprehensive management strategy to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases nitrogen oxide (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and ozone; chlorofluorocarbons and related gases; methane; and carbon dioxide. The strategy for each group of greenhouse gases is being overseen by a steering committee. This project addresses the first group of greenhouse gases, composed of NOx, VOCs, and ozone. An inventory of emissions was compiled from the existing Environment Canada Residual Discharge Information System for the base year 1985 and the B.C. Ministry of the Environment/GVRD lower Mainland Emission Inventory, with the addition of new data on nitrous oxide (N2O) from anthropogenic and biogenic sources and VOCs from biogenic sources. The report includes a detailed presentation of the methodology used to develop the database, detailed data and analysis of the inventory, a projection of the inventory results to 2005, with the basis for the projection, a discussion of management measures, and discussion and conclusions of the principal findings of the inventory and management measures evaluation.