With a focus of reducing local threats of greenhouse gases on the environment, Johnson County has joined a growing list of municipalities, locally and nationally, that thinks it’s cool to be a green government.

On Thursday, December 13, the Johnson County Board of Commissioners took the first proactive steps to lower the levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and other pollutants in Johnson County in decades to come. The effort will be aimed at curtailing greenhouse gas emissions, both within county government operations and the Johnson County community, with a goal to reduce the pollutions levels by 80 percent by the year 2050.