Documents

Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summaries

COG completes greenhouse gas (GHG) community-scale inventories for all 24 local government members, northern Virginia, and metropolitan Washington. These fact sheets present GHG inventory results between 2005 and 2020.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories Methodology Guide

Air Quality Conformity Analysis of the 2022 Update to Visualize 2045: Full Report

This report documents the air quality conformity analysis of the 2020 2022 amendment update to the Visualize 2045 long-range transportation plan and FY2021FY2023-2024 2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

Healthy Food Access Policy Compendium for Metropolitan Washington

Publication highlighting state and local policies supporting food security and healthy food access over the last decade.

Region United Framework Document

Report on the COG Board of Directors planning framework for 2030. The framework provides short summaries on the following four priorities: Equity Emphasis Areas (EEAs), High-Capacity Transit Station Areas (HCTs), 2030 Regional Housing Targets, and the 2030 Climate Goal. It also highlights COG grants, technical assistance, planning tools, and other resources available to its members to advance these shared regional goals.

TPB Climate Change Mitigation Study of 2021

The TPB conducted, with consultant assistance, a scenario study to assess ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the on-road transportation sector.

Recommended Stream Restoration Best Practices

This report details a set of recommended best practices for how local governments in metropolitan Washington can implement stream restoration projects, focusing on planning/design, siting and final project selection, public engagement, and construction/assessment/maintenance.

Chesapeake Bay & Water Resources Policy Committee Annual Report

A summary of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Chesapeake Bay & Water Resources Policy Committee accomplishments for the year in the areas of policy, partnership, promotion, and outreach.

Metropolitan Washington 2030 Climate and Energy Action Plan

The Metropolitan Washington 2030 Climate and Energy Action Plan builds on previous regional action plans and establishes priority collaborative actions for COG’s Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC) members to work on together over ten years to help move the region towards meeting its’ 2030 goals.

Washington DC-MD-VA 2015 Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment Area Base Year 2017 Emissions Inventory (Updated August 12, 2020)

This document contains a detailed explanation of the base year 2017 emissions inventory for point, nonpoint (area), nonroad, and onroad anthropogenic sources as well as biogenic sources in the Washington, DC-MD-VA 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) marginal nonattainment area. (Posted for the third round of public hearing & comment processes for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.)