Our Carbon Footprint

One of the Commission’s first tasks was to understand the sources and trends of emissions in Seattle. The GRC’s Report and Recommendation include an inventory of Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions for both the baseline year, 1990, and the target year, 2012.

The Commission’s inventory was based on the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions that was completed in 2002 for both city government operations and for the geographic area within city limits. During the course of its work, the GRC made several important updates and improvements to the 2002 citywide inventory by using more recent and more accurate data.