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To get to zero by 2050, Arizona must cut climate pollution by 3.7 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Arizona

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Arizona by Source
🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏠 Buildings

    5% of emissions in Arizona comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    Mostly from different types of heating.

    Gas furnace, gas water heater, gas stove

    80% of the pollution of your typical home comes from heating your space, water, and food.

    To stop this pollution, we need to replace our furnaces with electric heat pumps, electrify our water heaters, and cook with induction and electricity instead of gas.

    Electric heat pump, electric water heater, induction stove

    There are 2.7 million buildings in Arizona and 57% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 1.2 million buildings in Arizona. That's around 42,000 per year.

    Percent of Building Systems electrifiedA chart showing the share of Building Systems that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.57.25% have been electrified, and the remaining 42.75% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 5% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🚗 Getting Around

    33% of emissions in Arizona comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    Mostly from our cars.

    To cut this pollution, if you have a car, your next one needs to be an electric vehicle (EV).

    Or try going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, or walking if it works for you.

    Gas emitting car being converted to electric car

    There are 2.4 million vehicles in Arizona and 29,000 are already electric (1.2% of the total).

    We need to electrify the remaining 2.4 million vehicles. That's around 86,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.1.2% have been electrified, and the remaining 98.8% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve another 33% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🔌 Power Generation

    45% of emissions in Arizona comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    Specifically from coal, gas, and oil plants.

    To cut this pollution, we need to replace all dirty power plants with clean ones (mostly wind and solar).

    We need to replace dirty power plants with clean ones (mostly wind and solar)

    In Arizona we need to close and replace:

    4 coal plants

    Name: Navajo Generating Station County: Coconino Megawatt Capacity: 2,409 Utility: Salt River Project

    Navajo Generating Station
    Coconino County
    2,409 MW

    Name: Springerville Generating Station County: Apache Megawatt Capacity: 2,179 Utility: Tucson Electric Power Co

    Springerville Generating Station
    Apache County
    2,179 MW

    Name: Cholla County: Navajo Megawatt Capacity: 1,129 Utility: Arizona Public Service Co

    Cholla
    Navajo County
    1,129 MW

    Name: Coronado Generating Station County: Apache Megawatt Capacity: 822 Utility: Salt River Project

    Coronado Generating Station
    Apache County
    822 MW

    28 gas plants

    Name: Gila River Power Station County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,857 Utility: Salt River Project

    Gila River Power Station
    Maricopa County
    1,857 MW

    Name: Mesquite Generating Station County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,383 Utility: Salt River Project

    Mesquite Generating Station
    Maricopa County
    1,383 MW

    Name: APS West Phoenix Power Plant County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,327 Utility: Arizona Public Service Co

    APS West Phoenix Power Plant
    Maricopa County
    1,327 MW

    Name: Santan County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,326 Utility: Salt River Project

    Santan
    Maricopa County
    1,326 MW

    Name: Ocotillo Power Plant County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,144 Utility: Arizona Public Service Co

    Ocotillo Power Plant
    Maricopa County
    1,144 MW

    Name: Redhawk Generating Facility County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 1,140 Utility: Arizona Public Service Co

    Redhawk Generating Facility
    Maricopa County
    1,140 MW

    Name: Irvington Generating Station County: Pima Megawatt Capacity: 747 Utility: Tucson Electric Power Co

    Irvington Generating Station
    Pima County
    747 MW

    Name: Coolidge Generating Station County: Pinal Megawatt Capacity: 726 Utility: Salt River Project

    Coolidge Generating Station
    Pinal County
    726 MW

    Name: Arlington Valley Energy Facility County: Maricopa Megawatt Capacity: 713 Utility: Arlington Valley LLC

    Arlington Valley Energy Facility
    Maricopa County
    713 MW

    Name: South Point Energy Center, LLC County: Mohave Megawatt Capacity: 708 Utility: South Point Energy Center LLC

    South Point Energy Center, LLC
    Mohave County
    708 MW

    ...and 18 more

    1 oil plant

    Name: Douglas County: Cochise Megawatt Capacity: 26 Utility: Arizona Public Service Co

    Douglas
    Cochise County
    26 MW

    See a map of dirty power plants in the US

    ...and help those workers find good jobs.

    But wait! Remember how we electrified all cars and buildings?

    Our machines don't pollute now, because they run on electricity!

    But that means we need to make more power for those new electric machines - twice as much power as we make now!

    And all of it needs to be clean power!

    So to cut the climate pollution from our power, cars, and buildings we need to INSTALL 6,000 MWs of wind and 7,000 MWs of solar.

    Since Arizona already has 1,000 megawatts of solar power generation and 183 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 213 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 223 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.

    Percent to Needed ElectrificationA chart showing the share of Solar and Wind capacity that has already been installed and rest to be installed. We are 17.5% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.Solar & Wind MWs InstalledRemaining to Install

    That will solve another 45% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 17% of emissions in Arizona comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 17%🔌 Power: 45%🚗 Transport: 33%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    This includes industry, landfills, and farming.

    There's no one solution to solve these problems, but there are a lot of great ideas!

    These include:

    • Regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon in soil
    • Composting to reduce landfill methane emissions
    • New techniques for manufacturing CO2 emitting materials, like concrete
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