Oklahoma
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Oklahoma must cut climate pollution by
5.0 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Oklahoma
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
5% of Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma's 2.2 million buildings.
In fact, 39% of buildings in Oklahoma are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 1.3 million buildings in Oklahoma. That's around 47,000 per year.
That cuts 5% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
24% of Oklahoma'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 1.2 million cars and trucks in Oklahoma!
There are 1.2 million vehicles in Oklahoma and 3,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 1.2 million vehicles. That's around 44,000 a year.
That cuts 24% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
24% of Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma
5 coal plants
Sooner
Noble County
2,088 MW
Northeastern
Rogers County
1,951 MW
Muskogee
Muskogee County
1,889 MW
Hugo
Choctaw County
1,196 MW
River Valley
Le Flore County
350 MW
29 gas plants
Grand River Dam Authority
Mayes County
1,734 MW
Seminole (2956)
Seminole County
1,724 MW
Redbud Power Plant
Oklahoma County
1,434 MW
Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station
Pittsburg County
1,370 MW
6 oil plants
Boomer Lake Station
Payne County
29 MW
Cushing
Payne County
25 MW
Pawhuska
Osage County
9 MW
Cana Gas Processing Plant
Canadian County
8 MW
Laverne Diesel Generating Plant
Harper County
4 MW
Stillwater Water Treatment Plant
Payne County
2 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 5,000 MWs of wind and 5,000 MWs of solar.
Since Oklahoma already has 15 megawatts of solar power generation and 4,000 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 32 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 192 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 24% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 47% of Oklahoma'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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