Alaska
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Alaska must cut emissions by 3.8% a year
Emissions in Alaska
Million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) 
equivalent (MTCO2e ) emissions
Note: Grey area indicates missing data due to processing delays.
Source: WRI, Mar 2021
This is how we're going to do it
- Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps
- Gas stoves with electric induction stoves
Decarbonize Our Buildings
9% of Alaska's climate pollution comes from buildings.
We burn fossil fuels to heat our air, water, and food.
To cut this pollution...
Let's electrify our heat!
We'll replace...
...in all of Alaska's 111,000 buildings.
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 111,000 dirty buildings in Alaska. That's around 4,000 per year.
Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021Electrifying all buildings cuts 9% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
32% of Alaska's pollution comes from cars, trucks, trains, and planes.
But mostly from cars.
To cut this pollution,
your next car must be electric.
Or consider going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, car share, or other alternatives!
There are 171,000 vehicles in Alaska and 940 are already electric (0.5% of the total).
We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 170,000 gas-powered vehicles. That's around 6,000 a year.
Source: DOT, Feb 2021Electrifying all transportation cuts 32% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
7% of Alaska's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
That's because of how power is generated in Alaska today.
Power Generation in the State of Alaska (2020)
But there's already 30% carbon-free electricity generation in Alaska!
To clean up the emissions from the polluting power plants we need to replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.
...and find good jobs for those workers.
Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Alaska
5 coal plants
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13 gas plants
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81 oil plants
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