December 16, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reuters reported that Donald Trump intends to attack progress in the U.S. on clean vehicles, including efforts that have saved the American people billions this year alone.
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September 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – A new report reveals that Toyota is slowing its production plans for electric vehicles (EVs). The company is slashing EV production plans by a third by 2026, decreasing its goal from 1.5 million to 1 million. Toyota, which currently only has one fully electric vehicle for sale in the U.S. but has engaged in heavy greenwashing in its marketing, using the phrases “Beyond Zero” and “electrified” for vehicles that still run on fossil fuels.
August 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to build electric vehicle chargers across the country.
July 11, 2024
LANSING, MI - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to retool shuttered and at-risk manufacturing factories to produce electric vehicles (EVs).
June 4, 2024
Salt Lake City, UT — Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Program rebate competition grants. This announcement comes after months of dialogue between students and school boards about how to reduce emissions from school facilities and fleets. The rebates will help school districts purchase clean school buses in three Utah school districts across the state. The following Districts in Utah have been awarded funding:
May 14, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, the Biden administration announced an increase in tariffs on imported goods from China to protect American workers and grow the domestic clean energy economy.
May 3, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, the Treasury Department released final rules ensuring more Americans have access to clean vehicles by addressing mineral and manufacturing requirements for the electric vehicle incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
March 20, 2024
Washington, DC — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized federal standards to strengthen the nation’s emissions requirements for light-duty vehicles that will encourage the production of cleaner passenger cars and light- and medium-duty trucks.
March 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule to update a two-decade-old calculation that determines the equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles (EVs), phasing in important adjustments to the calculation.
February 20, 2024
Washington, DC – News coverage over the weekend reported that the EPA is considering a weakened rule as the agency prepares to release one of its most significant rules to slash climate-disrupting emissions, tightening emission standards for cars across the country.
February 15, 2024
CO – Today, Environmental Defense Fund and WSP, in partnership with Sierra Club, released a new analysis that finds many popular and widely anticipated electric vehicles (EVs) offer Colorado consumers thousands of dollars in lifetime cost savings.
February 15, 2024
OHIO – Today, Environmental Defense Fund and WSP, in partnership with Sierra Club, released a new analysis that finds many popular and widely anticipated electric vehicles (EVs) offer Ohio consumers thousands of dollars in lifetime cost savings.