Michigan
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Michigan must cut climate pollution by
6.8 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Michigan
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
17% of Michigan'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 Michigan's 5.0 million buildings.
In fact, 17% of buildings in Michigan are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 4.1 million buildings in Michigan. That's around 148,000 per year.
That cuts 17% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
27% of Michigan'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 2.7 million cars and trucks in Michigan!
There are 2.7 million vehicles in Michigan and 11,000 are already electric (0.4% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 2.7 million vehicles. That's around 97,000 a year.
That cuts 27% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
30% of Michigan'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 Michigan
14 coal plants
Monroe
Monroe County
3,293 MW
Dan E Karn
Bay County
1,946 MW
St. Clair
St Clair County
1,929 MW
Belle River
St Clair County
1,664 MW
J H Campbell
Ottawa County
1,579 MW
River Rouge
Wayne County
944 MW
Trenton Channel
Wayne County
776 MW
Presque Isle
Marquette County
625 MW
Eckert Station
Ingham County
375 MW
TES Filer City Station
Manistee County
323 MW
Erickson
Eaton County
155 MW
J B Sims
Ottawa County
80 MW
Neenah Paper Munising Mill
Alger County
6 MW
MSC Sebewaing
Huron County
3 MW
57 gas plants
Midland Cogeneration Venture
Midland County
1,854 MW
New Covert Generating Project
Van Buren County
1,176 MW
Greenwood
St Clair County
1,071 MW
Zeeland Generating Station
Ottawa County
968 MW
24 oil plants
Greater Detroit Resource Recovery
Wayne County
68 MW
Superior
Washtenaw County
64 MW
Alpena Cement Plant
Alpena County
47 MW
Tower
Cheboygan County
25 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 12,000 MWs of wind and 11,000 MWs of solar.
Since Michigan already has 75 megawatts of solar power generation and 891 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 383 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 382 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 30% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 25% of Michigan'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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