This summer, Washoe County is tackling the energy use in some of its biggest buildings with the help of Musaab Mohammed Ali, an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow. His work will help identify opportunities to reduce air pollution and energy costs in pursuit of the County's goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Learn how our community voted to prioritize the County's climate actions at Earth Day, take our community compost survey, and celebrate Dark Skies Week!
Washoe County is bringing transparency and accountability to our Climate Action Plan commitments with the launch of an advanced emissions dashboard in partnership with NZero, the carbon management analytics and intelligence platform. This initiative allows County leadership, building managers and citizens to see facility-level data on the County’s energy use and emissions to inform the County’s emissions reductions efforts in pursuit of Washoe County’s net-zero greenhouse gas emission goal by 2050.
Monday, February 3, 2025 - Washoe County released its Community-wide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory today, measuring 6.32 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) for calendar year 2021 across Reno, Sparks, and unincorporated Washoe...
A Washoe County-led team has won support from the Department of Energy to help design a renewable energy system for Gerlach, Nevada, helping the town achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Washoe County has exceeded the state goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2030. But a lot of work is still needed to reach the County's goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.