On October 29, 2018, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 80 titled, “North Carolina’s Commitment to Address Climate Change and Transition to a Clean Energy Economy.” In this order, Governor Cooper laid out a series of goals for the state to accomplish by 2025.

 

The first goal is to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 2005 levels. The next goal is to increase the number of registered, zero-emissions vehicles to at least 80,000. The last goal is to reduce energy consumption per square foot in state-owned buildings by at least 40% from the fiscal year 2002-2003 levels.

 

The Climate Change Interagency Council was created to help cabinet agencies work together to achieve these goals. Read the full Executive Order 80 here.