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Biden Administration Restores Lawful Penalties for Loophole-Exploiting Automakers

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Highway and Safety Administration (NHTSA) just signed a final rule to reverse an illegal Trump-era loophole that allowed automakers to avoid penalty payments for new…

Broad Coalition Petitions Colorado Air Quality Control Commission for Faster Action on Clean Trucks

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…

Biden Administration Restores California's Long-Standing Authority to Slash Vehicle Pollution & Protect Communities

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…

Biden Administration Restores Authority of States, Including Minnesota, to Slash Vehicle Pollution and Protect Communities

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…

Biden Administration Finalizes Rule Restoring State Authority to Protect Communities from Transportation Pollution

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-…

Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Federal Rule to Clean Up Dirty Diesel Trucks

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…

Delaware Will Join 15 Other States as Zero Emission Vehicle State

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…

Environmental Organizations Move to Protect EPA’s Clean Car Standards

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…

Postal Service Finalizes Dirty Fleet Plan

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…

REPORT: Sierra Club Calls on Michigan to Accelerate Clean Transportation Policies for Climate, Public Health, and Economy

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…