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To get to zero by 2050, Oklahoma must cut climate pollution by 5.0 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Oklahoma

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Oklahoma by Source
🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏠 Buildings

    5% of emissions in Oklahoma comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 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 2.2 million buildings in Oklahoma and 39% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 1.3 million buildings in Oklahoma. That's around 47,000 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.39.46% have been electrified, and the remaining 60.54% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 5% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🚗 Getting Around

    24% of emissions in Oklahoma comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 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 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.

    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 24% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🔌 Power Generation

    24% of emissions in Oklahoma comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 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 Oklahoma we need to close and replace:

    5 coal plants

    Name: Sooner County: Noble Megawatt Capacity: 2,088 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Sooner
    Noble County
    2,088 MW

    Name: Northeastern County: Rogers Megawatt Capacity: 1,951 Utility: Public Service Co of Oklahoma

    Northeastern
    Rogers County
    1,951 MW

    Name: Muskogee County: Muskogee Megawatt Capacity: 1,889 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Muskogee
    Muskogee County
    1,889 MW

    Name: Hugo County: Choctaw Megawatt Capacity: 1,196 Utility: Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc

    Hugo
    Choctaw County
    1,196 MW

    Name: River Valley County: Le Flore Megawatt Capacity: 350 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    River Valley
    Le Flore County
    350 MW

    29 gas plants

    Name: Grand River Dam Authority County: Mayes Megawatt Capacity: 1,734 Utility: Grand River Dam Authority

    Grand River Dam Authority
    Mayes County
    1,734 MW

    Name: Seminole (2956) County: Seminole Megawatt Capacity: 1,724 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Seminole (2956)
    Seminole County
    1,724 MW

    Name: Redbud Power Plant County: Oklahoma Megawatt Capacity: 1,434 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Redbud Power Plant
    Oklahoma County
    1,434 MW

    Name: Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station County: Pittsburg Megawatt Capacity: 1,370 Utility: Kiowa Power Partners LLC

    Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station
    Pittsburg County
    1,370 MW

    Name: Oneta Energy Center County: Wagoner Megawatt Capacity: 1,214 Utility: Oneta Power LLC

    Oneta Energy Center
    Wagoner County
    1,214 MW

    Name: Riverside (4940) County: Tulsa Megawatt Capacity: 1,122 Utility: Public Service Co of Oklahoma

    Riverside (4940)
    Tulsa County
    1,122 MW

    Name: Chouteau Power Plant County: Mayes Megawatt Capacity: 1,070 Utility: Associated Electric Coop, Inc

    Chouteau Power Plant
    Mayes County
    1,070 MW

    Name: Mustang County: Canadian Megawatt Capacity: 996 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Mustang
    Canadian County
    996 MW

    Name: Horseshoe Lake County: Oklahoma Megawatt Capacity: 974 Utility: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co

    Horseshoe Lake
    Oklahoma County
    974 MW

    Name: Green Country Energy, LLC County: Tulsa Megawatt Capacity: 904 Utility: Green Country OP Services LLC

    Green Country Energy, LLC
    Tulsa County
    904 MW

    ...and 19 more

    6 oil plants

    Name: Boomer Lake Station County: Payne Megawatt Capacity: 29 Utility: Stillwater Utilities Authority

    Boomer Lake Station
    Payne County
    29 MW

    Name: Cushing County: Payne Megawatt Capacity: 25 Utility: City of Cushing - (OK)

    Cushing
    Payne County
    25 MW

    Name: Pawhuska County: Osage Megawatt Capacity: 9 Utility: City of Pawhuska - (OK)

    Pawhuska
    Osage County
    9 MW

    Name: Cana Gas Processing Plant County: Canadian Megawatt Capacity: 8 Utility: EnLink Midstream Services, LLC

    Cana Gas Processing Plant
    Canadian County
    8 MW

    Name: Laverne Diesel Generating Plant County: Harper Megawatt Capacity: 4 Utility: Town of Laverne - (OK)

    Laverne Diesel Generating Plant
    Harper County
    4 MW

    Name: Stillwater Water Treatment Plant County: Payne Megawatt Capacity: 2 Utility: Stillwater Utilities Authority

    Stillwater Water Treatment Plant
    Payne County
    2 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 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.

    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 40.5% 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: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 Buildings: 5%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 47% of emissions in Oklahoma comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 24%🚗 Transport: 24%🏠 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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