Arkansas
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Arkansas must cut climate pollution by
3.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Arkansas
Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions
This is how we're going to do it.
- Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps
- Gas stoves with induction ranges
- No-till farming to keep CO2 in the soil
- Capturing methane leaks from landfills
- Capturing CO2 to make emissions-free concrete
- Burning green hydrogen to make emissions-free steel
- Plugging methane leaks from gas pipelines
Decarbonize Our Buildings
6% of Arkansas's climate pollution comes from buildings.
We burn fossil fuels to heat our air, water, and food.
To cut this pollution...
Let's electrify our heat!
We'll replace...
...in all of Arkansas's 1.6 million buildings.
In fact, 50% of buildings in Arkansas are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 787,000 buildings in Arkansas. That's around 28,000 per year.
That cuts 6% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
21% of Arkansas's pollution comes from cars, trucks, trains, and planes.
But mostly from cars.
To cut this pollution,
your next car must be electric.
Or consider going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, car share, or other alternatives!
Then, we'll electrify all 872,000 cars and trucks in Arkansas!
There are 872,000 vehicles in Arkansas and 1,000 are already electric (0.2% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 871,000 vehicles. That's around 31,000 a year.
That cuts 21% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
37% of Arkansas's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
To cut this pollution...
Put solar panels on your roof!
Then, we'll replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.
...and find good jobs for those workers.
Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Arkansas
5 coal plants
White Bluff
Jefferson County
1,800 MW
Independence
Independence County
1,800 MW
Plum Point Energy Station
Mississippi County
720 MW
John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant
Hempstead County
609 MW
Flint Creek Power Plant
Benton County
558 MW
17 gas plants
Union Power Station
Union County
2,428 MW
Hot Spring Energy Facility
Hot Spring County
1,430 MW
Lake Catherine
Hot Spring County
752 MW
Magnet Cove Generating Station
Hot Spring County
746 MW
1 oil plant
Municipal Light
Clay County
7 MW
But wait!
It's not enough to replace our power plants with wind and solar farms.
To power our electric cars and buildings, we need 2x the electricity we have today!
In all, we'll need to build 4,000 MWs of wind and 4,000 MWs of solar.
Since Arkansas already has 68 megawatts of solar power generation and 0 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 134 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 151 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 37% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 36% of Arkansas's climate pollution comes from other sources...
This includes farming, landfills, industry, and leaks from gas pipelines.
There's no one solution to solve these problems, but there are lots of great ideas:
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