Larisa Mănescu is the associate director of federal communications, primarily supporting the Sierra Club's Clean Transportation for All campaign. She lives in Baltimore, MD. She was previously a deputy press secretary, and before that, the communications coordinator for the Texas chapter of the Sierra Club.
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has voted to join the cleaner cars program that will reduce toxic vehicle emissions and protect public health and the environment for all Oregonians…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule updating federal standards that will reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles. The rule released today targets…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after a year and a half of significant public pressure over the Postal Service’s unpopular and short-sighted decision to buy hundreds of thousands of gas-powered trucks and…
Three transportation regulations will improve air quality, protect public health, reduce carbon emissions
Seattle, WA - Today, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced their…
NYC Council Committee on Environmental Protection Holds Hearing on the Zero Emission Vehicles for NYC Act - accelerating and mandating the conversion of the largest municipal fleet in the country to…
NATIONWIDE - Today, a broad coalition of 114 organizations, representing communities across the nation, sent a letter to the EPA urging the agency to move forward with three Clean Air Act waivers…
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Today, on Solutions Day at COP27, the United States announced it is joining a global memorandum of understanding (MOU) calling for 100 percent new zero-emission truck and bus sales…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reuters reported yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will wait until late next year to finalize standards for heavy-duty trucks that environmental and public…
First round of funding doubles to nearly $1 billion for the Clean School Bus Program through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection…
Washington, DC – Today, Reuters reported that Toyota “is considering a reboot of its electric-car strategy to better compete in a booming market.”
Toyota, with only one electric vehicle on the…