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To get to zero by 2050, Texas must cut climate pollution by 32.4 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Texas

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Texas by Source
🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🏠 Buildings

    3% of emissions in Texas comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    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 10.7 million buildings in Texas and 57% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 4.6 million buildings in Texas. That's around 167,000 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.56.66% have been electrified, and the remaining 43.34% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 3% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🚗 Getting Around

    27% of emissions in Texas comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    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 8.1 million vehicles in Texas and 52,000 are already electric (0.6% of the total).

    We need to electrify the remaining 8.0 million vehicles. That's around 289,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.6% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.4% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve another 27% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🔌 Power Generation

    22% of emissions in Texas comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    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 Texas we need to close and replace:

    16 coal plants

    Name: W A Parish County: Fort Bend Megawatt Capacity: 4,008 Utility: NRG Texas Power LLC

    W A Parish
    Fort Bend County
    4,008 MW

    Name: Oak Grove County: Robertson Megawatt Capacity: 3,397 Utility: Luminant Generation Company LLC

    Oak Grove
    Robertson County
    3,397 MW

    Name: Martin Lake County: Rusk Megawatt Capacity: 3,180 Utility: Luminant Generation Company LLC

    Martin Lake
    Rusk County
    3,180 MW

    Name: Limestone County: Limestone Megawatt Capacity: 1,850 Utility: NRG Texas Power LLC

    Limestone
    Limestone County
    1,850 MW

    Name: Sam Seymour County: Fayette Megawatt Capacity: 1,690 Utility: Lower Colorado River Authority

    Sam Seymour
    Fayette County
    1,690 MW

    Name: Welsh Power Plant County: Titus Megawatt Capacity: 1,674 Utility: Southwestern Electric Power Co

    Welsh Power Plant
    Titus County
    1,674 MW

    Name: J K Spruce County: Bexar Megawatt Capacity: 1,444 Utility: City of San Antonio - (TX)

    J K Spruce
    Bexar County
    1,444 MW

    Name: Tolk Station County: Lamb Megawatt Capacity: 1,136 Utility: Southwestern Public Service Co

    Tolk Station
    Lamb County
    1,136 MW

    Name: Harrington Station County: Potter Megawatt Capacity: 1,080 Utility: Southwestern Public Service Co

    Harrington Station
    Potter County
    1,080 MW

    Name: Sandy Creek Energy Station County: McLennan Megawatt Capacity: 1,008 Utility: Sandy Creek Energy Associates LP

    Sandy Creek Energy Station
    McLennan County
    1,008 MW

    ...and 6 more

    159 gas plants

    Name: Cedar Bayou County: Chambers Megawatt Capacity: 2,295 Utility: NRG Texas Power LLC

    Cedar Bayou
    Chambers County
    2,295 MW

    Name: Morgan Creek County: Mitchell Megawatt Capacity: 2,164 Utility: Luminant Generation Company LLC

    Morgan Creek
    Mitchell County
    2,164 MW

    Name: Sabine County: Orange Megawatt Capacity: 2,051 Utility: Entergy Texas Inc.

    Sabine
    Orange County
    2,051 MW

    Name: Forney Power Plant County: Kaufman Megawatt Capacity: 1,894 Utility: LaFrontera Holdings LLC

    Forney Power Plant
    Kaufman County
    1,894 MW

    Name: Midlothian Energy County: Ellis Megawatt Capacity: 1,734 Utility: Midlothian Energy LLC

    Midlothian Energy
    Ellis County
    1,734 MW

    Name: V H Braunig County: Bexar Megawatt Capacity: 1,713 Utility: City of San Antonio - (TX)

    V H Braunig
    Bexar County
    1,713 MW

    Name: Decordova County: Hood Megawatt Capacity: 1,628 Utility: Luminant Generation Company LLC

    Decordova
    Hood County
    1,628 MW

    Name: Panda Temple Power Station County: Bell Megawatt Capacity: 1,606 Utility: PPG - O&M Panda Temple Power LLC

    Panda Temple Power Station
    Bell County
    1,606 MW

    Name: T H Wharton County: Harris Megawatt Capacity: 1,438 Utility: NRG Texas Power LLC

    T H Wharton
    Harris County
    1,438 MW

    Name: Cottonwood Energy Project County: Newton Megawatt Capacity: 1,434 Utility: Cottonwood Energy Co LP

    Cottonwood Energy Project
    Newton County
    1,434 MW

    ...and 149 more

    6 oil plants

    Name: Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West County: Nueces Megawatt Capacity: 77 Utility: Valero Refining Co

    Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West
    Nueces County
    77 MW

    Name: State Farm Insur Support Center Central County: Dallas Megawatt Capacity: 11 Utility: State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co

    State Farm Insur Support Center Central
    Dallas County
    11 MW

    Name: Seadrift Coke LP County: Calhoun Megawatt Capacity: 8 Utility: Seadrift Coke L P

    Seadrift Coke LP
    Calhoun County
    8 MW

    Name: Works 4 County: Wichita Megawatt Capacity: 6 Utility: Vitro Architectural Glass

    Works 4
    Wichita County
    6 MW

    Name: PRSI FCC Generator County: Harris Megawatt Capacity: 5 Utility: Pasadena Refining System Inc

    PRSI FCC Generator
    Harris County
    5 MW

    Name: Tenet Hospital County: El Paso Megawatt Capacity: 4 Utility: Tenet Hospital Ltd

    Tenet Hospital
    El Paso County
    4 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 29,000 MWs of wind and 35,000 MWs of solar.

    Since Texas already has 2,000 megawatts of solar power generation and 11,000 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 614 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 1,000 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 25% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.Solar & Wind MWs InstalledRemaining to Install

    That will solve another 22% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 47% of emissions in Texas comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 47%🔌 Power: 22%🚗 Transport: 27%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    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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