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To get to zero by 2050, Nebraska must cut climate pollution by 3.4 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Nebraska

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Nebraska by Source
🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏠 Buildings

    5% of emissions in Nebraska comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 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 1.2 million buildings in Nebraska and 35% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 774,000 buildings in Nebraska. That's around 28,000 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.34.84% have been electrified, and the remaining 65.16% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 5% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🚗 Getting Around

    15% of emissions in Nebraska comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 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 625,000 vehicles in Nebraska and 2,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).

    We need to electrify the remaining 623,000 vehicles. That's around 22,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.3% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.7% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve another 15% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🔌 Power Generation

    24% of emissions in Nebraska comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 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 Nebraska we need to close and replace:

    10 coal plants

    Name: Nebraska City Station County: Otoe Megawatt Capacity: 1,390 Utility: Omaha Public Power District

    Nebraska City Station
    Otoe County
    1,390 MW

    Name: Gerald Gentleman Station County: Lincoln Megawatt Capacity: 1,363 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Gerald Gentleman Station
    Lincoln County
    1,363 MW

    Name: North Omaha Station County: Douglas Megawatt Capacity: 645 Utility: Omaha Public Power District

    North Omaha Station
    Douglas County
    645 MW

    Name: Gerald Whelan Energy Center County: Adams Megawatt Capacity: 324 Utility: City of Hastings - (NE)

    Gerald Whelan Energy Center
    Adams County
    324 MW

    Name: Sheldon County: Lancaster Megawatt Capacity: 229 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Sheldon
    Lancaster County
    229 MW

    Name: Lon D Wright Power Plant County: Dodge Megawatt Capacity: 213 Utility: City of Fremont - (NE)

    Lon D Wright Power Plant
    Dodge County
    213 MW

    Name: Platte County: Hall Megawatt Capacity: 110 Utility: City of Grand Island - (NE)

    Platte
    Hall County
    110 MW

    Name: Archer Daniels Midland Columbus County: Platte Megawatt Capacity: 71 Utility: Archer Daniels Midland Co

    Archer Daniels Midland Columbus
    Platte County
    71 MW

    Name: Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln County: Lancaster Megawatt Capacity: 8 Utility: Archer Daniels Midland Co

    Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln
    Lancaster County
    8 MW

    Name: Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff County: Scotts Bluff Megawatt Capacity: 5 Utility: Western Sugar Cooperative

    Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff
    Scotts Bluff County
    5 MW

    30 gas plants

    Name: Cass County Station County: Cass Megawatt Capacity: 345 Utility: Omaha Public Power District

    Cass County Station
    Cass County
    345 MW

    Name: Sarpy County Station County: Sarpy Megawatt Capacity: 338 Utility: Omaha Public Power District

    Sarpy County Station
    Sarpy County
    338 MW

    Name: Rokeby County: Lancaster Megawatt Capacity: 266 Utility: Lincoln Electric System

    Rokeby
    Lancaster County
    266 MW

    Name: Beatrice County: Gage Megawatt Capacity: 247 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Beatrice
    Gage County
    247 MW

    Name: C W Burdick County: Hall Megawatt Capacity: 241 Utility: City of Grand Island - (NE)

    C W Burdick
    Hall County
    241 MW

    Name: Terry Bundy Generating Station County: Lancaster Megawatt Capacity: 216 Utility: Lincoln Electric System

    Terry Bundy Generating Station
    Lancaster County
    216 MW

    Name: Canaday County: Gosper Megawatt Capacity: 109 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Canaday
    Gosper County
    109 MW

    Name: Hallam Peaking County: Lancaster Megawatt Capacity: 57 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Hallam Peaking
    Lancaster County
    57 MW

    Name: North Denver County: Adams Megawatt Capacity: 39 Utility: City of Hastings - (NE)

    North Denver
    Adams County
    39 MW

    Name: Falls City County: Richardson Megawatt Capacity: 31 Utility: City of Falls City - (NE)

    Falls City
    Richardson County
    31 MW

    ...and 20 more

    20 oil plants

    Name: Jones Street County: Douglas Megawatt Capacity: 130 Utility: Omaha Public Power District

    Jones Street
    Douglas County
    130 MW

    Name: Hebron Peaking County: Thayer Megawatt Capacity: 57 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    Hebron Peaking
    Thayer County
    57 MW

    Name: McCook Peaking County: Red Willow Megawatt Capacity: 57 Utility: Nebraska Public Power District

    McCook Peaking
    Red Willow County
    57 MW

    Name: Wayne IC County: Wayne Megawatt Capacity: 22 Utility: City of Wayne

    Wayne IC
    Wayne County
    22 MW

    Name: Ord County: Valley Megawatt Capacity: 12 Utility: City of Ord - (NE)

    Ord
    Valley County
    12 MW

    Name: Kimball County: Kimball Megawatt Capacity: 10 Utility: City of Kimball - (NE)

    Kimball
    Kimball County
    10 MW

    Name: Tecumseh County: Johnson Megawatt Capacity: 7 Utility: City of Tecumseh

    Tecumseh
    Johnson County
    7 MW

    Name: Cambridge County: Furnas Megawatt Capacity: 7 Utility: City of Cambridge - (NE)

    Cambridge
    Furnas County
    7 MW

    Name: Madison Utilities County: Madison Megawatt Capacity: 6 Utility: City of Madison - (NE)

    Madison Utilities
    Madison County
    6 MW

    Name: Red Cloud County: Webster Megawatt Capacity: 6 Utility: City of Red Cloud - (NE)

    Red Cloud
    Webster County
    6 MW

    ...and 10 more

    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 3,000 MWs of wind and 3,000 MWs of solar.

    Since Nebraska already has 9 megawatts of solar power generation and 1,000 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 55 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 93 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 21% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.Solar & Wind MWs InstalledRemaining to Install

    That will solve another 24% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 55% of emissions in Nebraska comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 55%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 15%🏠 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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