LINCOLN- Earlier this month, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy submitted the state's first Climate Action Plan to federal regulators, outlining voluntary and incentive-based programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants.

The 84-page plan, which the state submitted to the EPA, highlights the first steps Nebraska will take in its efforts to reduce emissions in six economic sectors across the state. Officials will eventually work to develop a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan targeting more long-term reductions in emissions.

The Department of Environment and Energy, which was given a grant of $3 million to develop the priority and comprehensive plans, proposed more than a dozen measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gases in agriculture, energy production, transportation, industry, commercial and residential buildings, and waste and water.

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