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The three other sectors are: electric power (emissions from electric and combined heat and power plants) commercial (energy consumption for service-providing facilities such as heating and electricity for businesses, government buildings, or nonprofit organizations) and industrial (energy consumed by facilities and equipment used for producing, processing, or assembling goods in the state for manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and other industries). (See Figure 1.) The state’s transportation emissions are more than double the next largest sector, residential real estate, which includes energy consumption in living quarters for private households, mostly from heating, air conditioning, lighting, and refrigeration. 3 The transportation sector, which includes energy consumption of vehicles whose primary purpose is transporting people or goods, including personal vehicles, subways, rail, aircraft, and ships, generated the plurality of these emissions, 83.3 MMT of CO2 or 47 percent. The Transportation Sector Accounts for 47 Percent of New York State’s CO2 EmissionsĪccording to the United States Department of Energy (DOE), New York State (NYS) contributed 175.9 million metric tons (MMT) of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2018, the year with the most recent data available. The following four facts should undergird and help focus New York’s policies to reduce transportation emissions.ġ. Furthermore, in contrast to most other sectors that are becoming more efficient and reducing their GHG emissions, transportation emissions continue to increase. The transportation sector in New York is responsible for the largest share of the state’s total annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. 1 As the State implements policies to meet these ambitious targets, shrinking emissions from transportation will be vitally important.

New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) of 2019 establishes ambitious goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 85 percent by 2050.