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To get to zero by 2050, Louisiana must cut climate pollution by 8.8 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Louisiana

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Louisiana by Source
🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    🏠 Buildings

    2% of emissions in Louisiana comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    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 2.2 million buildings in Louisiana and 59% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 888,000 buildings in Louisiana. That's around 32,000 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.59.15% have been electrified, and the remaining 40.85% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 2% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    🚗 Getting Around

    20% of emissions in Louisiana comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    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 1.3 million vehicles in Louisiana and 2,000 are already electric (0.1% of the total).

    We need to electrify the remaining 1.3 million vehicles. That's around 47,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.1% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.9% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve another 20% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    🔌 Power Generation

    14% of emissions in Louisiana comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    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 Louisiana we need to close and replace:

    3 coal plants

    Name: Big Cajun 2 County: Pointe Coupee Megawatt Capacity: 2,633 Utility: Louisiana Generating LLC

    Big Cajun 2
    Pointe Coupee County
    2,633 MW

    Name: Brame Energy Center County: Rapides Megawatt Capacity: 1,707 Utility: Cleco Power LLC

    Brame Energy Center
    Rapides County
    1,707 MW

    Name: Dolet Hills Power Station County: DeSoto Megawatt Capacity: 721 Utility: Cleco Power LLC

    Dolet Hills Power Station
    DeSoto County
    721 MW

    46 gas plants

    Name: Ninemile Point County: Jefferson Megawatt Capacity: 2,791 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Ninemile Point
    Jefferson County
    2,791 MW

    Name: Acadia Power Station County: Acadia Megawatt Capacity: 1,389 Utility: Cleco Power LLC

    Acadia Power Station
    Acadia County
    1,389 MW

    Name: Little Gypsy County: St Charles Megawatt Capacity: 1,251 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Little Gypsy
    St Charles County
    1,251 MW

    Name: St. Charles Power Station County: St Charles Megawatt Capacity: 1,000 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    St. Charles Power Station
    St Charles County
    1,000 MW

    Name: Plaquemine Cogen Facility County: Iberville Megawatt Capacity: 987 Utility: Dow Chemical Co

    Plaquemine Cogen Facility
    Iberville County
    987 MW

    Name: Waterford 1 & 2 County: St Charles Megawatt Capacity: 932 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Waterford 1 & 2
    St Charles County
    932 MW

    Name: Coughlin Power Station County: Evangeline Megawatt Capacity: 923 Utility: Cleco Power LLC

    Coughlin Power Station
    Evangeline County
    923 MW

    Name: Ouachita Plant County: Ouachita Megawatt Capacity: 904 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Ouachita Plant
    Ouachita County
    904 MW

    Name: Taft Cogeneration Facility County: St Charles Megawatt Capacity: 894 Utility: Occidental Chemical Corporation

    Taft Cogeneration Facility
    St Charles County
    894 MW

    Name: Perryville Power Station County: Ouachita Megawatt Capacity: 824 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Perryville Power Station
    Ouachita County
    824 MW

    ...and 36 more

    1 oil plant

    Name: Nelson Industrial Steam Company County: Calcasieu Megawatt Capacity: 1,597 Utility: Entergy Louisiana LLC

    Nelson Industrial Steam Company
    Calcasieu County
    1,597 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 5,000 MWs of wind and 7,000 MWs of solar.

    Since Louisiana already has 49 megawatts of solar power generation and 0 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 192 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 242 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 1% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.Solar & Wind MWs InstalledRemaining to Install

    That will solve another 14% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 64% of emissions in Louisiana comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 64%🔌 Power: 14%🚗 Transport: 20%🏠 Buildings: 2%

    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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