Milwaukee County reports 48% operational emissions reduction, unveils plan for public dashboard

Grant Helley, director of Milwaukee County's Office of Sustainability, told the advisory board July 6 that Milwaukee County reported a 48% reduction in operational greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024 compared with the county's 2005 baseline. "That puts Milwaukee County within 2 percentage points of our 2030 target, which is a 50% reduction," Helley said. He gave figures of roughly 209,000 metric tons of CO2-equivalent in 2005 and about 108,000 metric tons in the 2024 report, which Helley said marks the county's lowest operational emissions on record.