Environment

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    Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summaries

    March 18, 2026

    COG completes greenhouse gas (GHG) community-scale inventories for all 24 local government members, northern Virginia, and metropolitan Washington. These...

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    COG FARM Local Food Procurement Challenge Factsheet

    March 10, 2026

    The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Food and Agriculture Regional Member (FARM) Policy Committee launched the Local Food Procurement...

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    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories Methodology Guide

    March 9, 2026

    This guide provides an overview of procedures to develop local and regional community-scale greenhouse gas inventories in metropolitan...

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    Environmental Justice Toolkit

    January 27, 2026

    This Environmental Justice Toolkit 2.0 is an update to COG’s 2017 Environmental Justice (EJ) Toolkit which was designed to provide...

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    Visualize 2050 National Capital Region Transportation Plan

    January 23, 2026

    The federal government requires that the National Capital Region Transportation Plan be updated at least every four years. The National Capital Region...

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    Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

    November 25, 2025

    Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (PCAP) for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-MD-VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prepared for the U.S. EPA as a...

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    MWAQC Resource Guide for Air Quality Action 2025

    July 30, 2025

    This report outlines a voluntary framework to help the Metropolitan Washington region improve outdoor air quality while addressing equity and environmental...

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    National Capital Region Inland Flood Analysis

    June 30, 2025

    The purpose of this assessment is to complement previous inland flood analyses by updating the inland flooding component of TPB’s 2024 Transportation...

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    Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Fact Sheet

    November 5, 2024

    The Climate Pollution Reduction Grant fact sheet provides a summary of the CPRG and how the plans address GHG emissions and other harmful air...

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    Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Implementation (REVII) Strategy

    September 4, 2024

    The Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Implementation (REVII) Strategy serves as the region’s blueprint to develop a robust regional network of...

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    Conserving Trees and Forests in Metropolitan Washington

    April 10, 2024

    Report on the state of the region’s tree canopy and its benefits, the development of new regional goals, and strategies for...

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    Priority Climate Action Plan

    March 1, 2024

    Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-MD-VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prepared for the U.S. EPA as a...

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    Air Quality Trends

    February 2, 2024

    Report shows the region's air quality in relation to federal air quality standards for six pollutants--ground-level ozone, particulate matter,...

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    Tree Conservation Cookbook

    October 24, 2023

    The Tree Conservation Cookbook was prepared in response to a COG Climate, Energy, and Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC) request to help jurisdictions...

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    Washington DC-MD-VA 2008 Ozone NAAQS Maintenance Plan Update

    September 27, 2023

    The District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia request that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)...

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    Drinking Water and Wastewater Survey Responses

    August 22, 2023

    COG issues a digital survey on water and wastewater knowledge, attitudes, and behavior to residents of metropolitan Washington. The survey is conducted on...

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