EU Moves Forward on Cleaner Cars While U.S. Stalls
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the European Commission published proposals aimed at reducing vehicles' carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030. The EPA is conducting a review of current U.S. vehicle…
Lauren Lantry is deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club's Resist campaign.
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Go ‘Forward Not Backward’: Environmental and Consumer Groups Launch Campaign Calling on Ford, Volkswagen and Other Automakers to Drop Efforts to Roll Back Clean Car Standards
Sierra Club * Public Citizen * Greenpeace * Environment America * Safe Climate CampaignWASHINGTON, D.C. – Ford, Volkswagen and other automakers should live up to their promises and stop trying to…
Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Electric Vehicle Fee
Tulsa, OK - Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down H.B. 1449, a bill that sought to implement an annual fee on electric vehicles, ruling the tax unconstitutional because the fee was untethered…
New poll: Overwhelming support for fuel efficiency standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia found overwhelming support for clean cars standards. While the…
Diverse Coalition Generates More Than 300,000 Comments in Support of Strong Vehicle Tailpipe Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the second comment period for the EPA’s reopened review of passenger vehicle tailpipe standards comes to a close today, a diverse coalition including the Sierra Club,…
Western Governors pledge to Create Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Denver, CO -- Today, the governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow…
Sierra Club: Senate Should Reject Trump’s Toxic EPA Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a full committee hearing on Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopold, David Ross, and William Wehrum, Trump’s…
Sierra Club Statement on Supreme Court Case Janus v AFSCME
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Certiorari in Janus v. AFSCME. The Janus case could endanger public sector unions, threatening them with so-called “right-to-work” status…
Report: Electric Vehicle Adoption in Illinois Will Lead to Billions of Dollars in Benefits
CHICAGO (September 28, 2017) – Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Illinois could bring the state up to $43 billion in cumulative benefits by 2050 stemming from reduced utility bills,…
Environmental Groups Again Urge Support for Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ahead of this week’s potential vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Alaska Wilderness League, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation…