WASHINGTON, DC - Early Wednesday morning, after a markup that lasted over 15 hours, House Democrats, led by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, moved a historic package through committee.
The package makes significant investments in cleaning up the transportation sector, a sector responsible for emitting the most climate-disrupting emissions in the nation and contributing to dangerous air quality in communities.
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WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, House Democrats in the Ways and Means Committee unveiled plans for an array of clean energy tax incentives, including new incentives to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles in the US.
One incentive is a $7,500 point-of-sale consumer rebate, with an additional $4,500 for vehicles assembled by union workers and $500 for vehicles using batteries manufactured in the US. The package also includes a used EV tax credit.
WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the Biden administration announced an unenforceable target for reducing emissions from airplanes 20 percent by 2030 by using biofuels, which are neither carbon neutral nor sustainable.
The announcement includes welcome efforts to spur leadership, research and development, and innovation in the aviation sector. However, it misses the mark on what is needed for real emissions reductions. This is an area of the transportation sector where pollution is increasing but the federal government has failed to act for years.
ALBANY, NY— Today, Governor Hochul's Department of Environmental Conservation initiated a rulemaking for the adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which will deliver zero-emission trucks to New York State, helping to slash diesel emissions, improve air quality, and spur the electric truck market.
CARSON CITY, NEVADA – Today, Nevada's State Environmental Commission unanimously approved new state “clean car standards” that would slash pollution from transportation, marking the latest step in the state’s process to establish regulations that have been adopted by over a dozen other states and the District of Columbia. The standards will require new cars sold in the state to emit less climate-disrupting pollution and also increase the availability and sales of zero-emission cars. Next, the standards will move to the Legislative Commission for approval.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today and tomorrow, over a dozen Sierra Club activists will join hundreds of other advocates in testifying during a two-day public hearing hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency. Advocates will stress the importance of finalizing an ambitious rule to strengthen federal greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for light-duty cars and trucks, also informally known as “clean car standards.”
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, E&E reported on the Sierra Club’s latest report, which highlights Toyota’s lobbying in the US for weak federal fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards (informally known as “clean car standards”) and a slow global electrification strategy.
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propondrá una revisión de los estándares de emisiones climáticas y eficacia energética para los carros y camiones ligeros nuevos.
EPA’s new rule addresses pollution standards for vehicles, but must be strengthened to fully tackle the climate crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose revised greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards (or “clean car standards”) for new light-duty cars and trucks.
Saint Paul, MN – Today, Governor Walz announced that Minnesota’s clean car standards have been filed in the state register, marking the end of the rulemaking process and making Minnesota the 15th clean car state in the nation, in addition to the District of Columbia, and the first in the Midwest.
Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz, Hip Hop Caucus President Lennox Yearwood, Interfaith Power and Light’s Rev. Susan Hendershot, Union of Concerned Scientists’ Johanna Chao Kreilick Holding News Conference To Lay Out What’s Needed from SAFE 2 Announcement
San Francisco, CA - Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission finalized a section of its transportation electrification framework, setting near-term priorities for transportation electrification that will guide investments by the state’s utilities over the next several years.