Press Releases

November 19, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its annual automotive trends report, which found that automakers need to do more to deliver real world emissions reductions.

November 17, 2021

Newly adopted rules will speed transition to electric & cleaner trucks, buses, and vans; inspire other states soon to follow SALEM, Ore. â€” School buses, package delivery vans, waste haulers, and semi-trucks gliding along roadways and through neighborhoods -- fueled by renewable electricity-- with no clattering diesel engines or clouds of harmful exhaust. This future is more in focus than ever for Oregon, with adoption of new rules today.

November 17, 2021

DETROIT, MI - Today, President Biden will visit a General Motors EV factory in Michigan to discuss the opportunity for electric vehicle manufacturing investments to reduce climate emissions in the transportation sector and improve air quality in communities, as well as the significance of supporting unionized workers as we shift to a clean energy economy.  

November 15, 2021

Congress Must Pass Build Back Better Act to Bolster Clean Transportation Investments & Deliver on Climate WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden will sign the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which will include billions in funding for public transit, passenger rail, electric vehicle charging, electric school buses, and cleaning up dirty ports, important priorities for decarbonizing the nation’s most polluting sector. 

November 9, 2021

Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, League of Conservation Voters, Blue-Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Center for Biological Diversity, Elders Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, and 350.org call for Rivian to meet the moment for climate action and labor justice

November 9, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Today, more than 100 governments, fleet owners and vehicle manufacturers pledged to only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2040 globally, and by 2035 in leading markets. The target aims to ensure that one out of every three car sales will be zero emission by 2040 globally (and by 2035 in leading markets).

November 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Moms Clean Air Force, and League of Conservation Voters launched Pollutamotor.com, a website and accompanying digital ads asserting that Toyota, which still doesn’t sell any battery-electric cars in the U.S. and is committed to manufacturing outdated hybrids and gas-powered vehicles, risks being stranded by the electric vehicle transition.

November 2, 2021

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a nearly $200 million investment to slash emissions from cars and trucks and invest in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

October 22, 2021

CARSON CITY, NEVADA – Today, Nevada’s Legislative Commission approved adoption of the Clean Cars Nevada program, completing the final step in a process to adopt new standards that will help curb emissions from the state’s cars and light-duty trucks, making Nevada the 16th territory (including DC) to adopt these climate regulations.Nevada’s Clean Cars program will require new cars sold in the state to emit less harmful climate pollution, as well as increase the availability and number of zero-emission vehicles purchased in the state. 

October 22, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Reuters reported that Toyota’s Chief Scientist made remarks casting doubt on the need for a full transition to all-electric vehicles at the Reuters Events Automotive Summit, a global meeting that unites CEOs and board members from auto manufacturers to set the stage of the automotive industry.