Michigan
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Michigan must cut emissions by 3.8% a year
Emissions in Michigan
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
17% of Michigan'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 Michigan's 5.0 million buildings.
In fact, 17.2% of appliances in buildings in Michigan are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 4.1 million dirty buildings in Michigan. That's around 157,000 per year.
Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021Electrifying all buildings cuts 17% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
27% of Michigan'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 2.7 million vehicles in Michigan and 11,000 are already electric (0.4% of the total).
We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 2.7 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 102,000 a year.
Source: DOT, Feb 2021Electrifying all transportation cuts 27% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
30% of Michigan's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
That's because of how power is generated in Michigan today.
Power Generation in the State of Michigan (2020)
But there's already 38% carbon-free electricity generation in Michigan!
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 Michigan
14 coal plants
3,293 MW
1,946 MW
1,929 MW
1,664 MW
1,579 MW
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57 gas plants
1,854 MW
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24 oil plants