Cutting county carbon emissions
What they say
His campaign says he has already cut Milwaukee County's emissions nearly in half.
“He's already cut emissions nearly 50% in Milwaukee County”
What the record shows ·
County operations cut emissions 46 percent from 2005 to 2023, from 209,154 metric tons to 113,789. By 2019, the year before he took office, they were already down about 35 percent, to 136,347. About three-quarters of the drop came before he was county executive. In May 2026 the county put the cut at 48 percent through 2024.
Limit: County operations cut emissions 46% from 2005 to 2023, but about three-quarters of that came before he took office in 2020.