The Regional Planning Commission is committed to improving and protecting the environmental quality of the region. Three main areas of our environmental focus are air quality, environmental contaminants, and flood risk mitigation.
Approximately 30% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions comes from the transportation industry. In efforts to improve air quality with local partners, the RPC established the Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership.
To improve our communities, the RPC’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program focuses on converting these properties from community liabilities into community assets. Supported by grants from the U.S. EPA, the RPC’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program provides technical guidance and environmental assessments to facilitate the redevelopment of Brownfield sites in Southeast Louisiana.
In conjunction with the state Louisiana Watershed Initiation, the RPC is working with local partners to establish a regional committee. The future watershed coalition will work on a holistic approach with a wide variety of partners to address water issues on a regional level.
