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Remaining Automakers Finally Withdraw Support for One Part of Trump’s Clean Cars Rollback

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, and other major automakers dropped their support for the Trump administration’s attack on California’s clean car standards, after a year of pressure…

Media Advisory: Public Transit Workers, Riders from Coast to Coast Will Testify on Devastating Impact of Transit Crisis

FEBRUARY 3-4, 2021––As devastating cutbacks in public transit loom in the wake of legislative failure to pass sufficient funding, a nationwide coalition will hold a virtual hearing on Transit Equity…

Environmental Organizations File Lawsuit To Reverse Trump’s Last Minute Polluting Pass to Automakers

WASHINGTON, DC- Today, the Sierra Club and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) filed a lawsuit in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals challenging NHTSA's interim final rule -- finalized just…

Groups File Brief with D.C. Circuit Opposing Trump Administration’s "Indefensible" Clean Cars Rollback

Washington, D.C.—A dozen of the nation’s largest public health, consumer and environmental groups today presented the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia with a detailed and…

Colorado Approves $110 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Program with Major Equity Provisions

DENVER, CO - Yesterday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a decision that approves Xcel Energy’s $110 million transportation electrification plan, a three-year effort to…

Minnesota Announces Rule-making, Making It the First State in the Midwest to Adopt Clean Car Standards

Saint Paul, MN – Today, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced it will publish its draft Clean Car Standards on Monday, which would require new cars sold in the state to emit less…

Sierra Club Statement on President-elect Biden’s Nomination of Pete Buttigieg for Department of Transportation Secretary

WASHINGTON, DC– Today, it was reported that President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to serve as secretary of the Department of Transportation. If confirmed, Buttigieg will be the…

California Greenlights Massive Electric Vehicle Charging Program

San Francisco, California-- Today, in a 5-0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Charge Ready 2 program, a $436 million…

EPA’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards Under Investigation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced its plans to evaluate the EPA’s rollback - finalized in March - of the clean car standards, which are the corporate…

EPA’s Own Science Advisors Release Report that Rollback of Clean Car Standards Will Harm Society

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Politico reported that EPA’s Science Advisory Board issued its final report criticizing the agency’s rollback of the clean car standards for using “faulty science” and that…