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.
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COLORADO - Arguing that the Polis Administration’s unnecessary delay in considering new rules to clean up truck pollution will only lead to more harm to families and communities in disproportionately…
CALIFORNIA - Today, President Biden’s EPA restored a key tool to address pollution from the transportation sector, the nation’s leading source of climate-disrupting pollution. The EPA’s…
MINNESOTA - Today, President Biden’s EPA restored a key tool to address pollution from the transportation sector, the nation’s leading source of climate-disrupting pollution. The EPA’s…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the EPA finalized its rule reinstating California’s Clean Air Act waiver allowing it to set greenhouse gas standards more protective than federal standards and to adopt zero-…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal for curbing emissions from heavy duty trucks, a significant source of dangerous air pollution nationwide which…
WILMINGTON, DE – Today, Governor Carney announced that Delaware will join the growing list of states that are a part of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program, which will direct manufacturers to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, several environmental organizations moved to intervene to defend the Biden administration’s new clean car standards. Finalized in December, these standards will curb…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Postal Service finalized its controversial plan to purchase 90 percent gas-powered mail trucks for its fleet, a direct affront to the Biden administration’s climate…
LANSING, MI - Today, the Sierra Club released a report of independent modeling and analysis of decarbonization pathways for Michigan’s transportation sector. The report calls on Michigan to ensure…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Biden’s Department of Transportation and Department of Energy announced $5 billion towards a program that aims to build out a network of 500,000 electric vehicle…