February 28, 2020
NORTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC - The message from residents of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to lawmakers couldn’t be more clear: the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is a winner, and they want to see it happen.
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February 25, 2020
LANSING, MI– Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an executive directive to create the Michigan Office of Future Mobility (which will be housed within the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity) and an executive order creating the Michigan Council for Future Mobility and Electrification.
The Council for Future Mobility, led by a chief mobility officer who has yet to be nominated, will make recommendations on policy and will be focused around but not limited to:
February 12, 2020
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club signed onto a statement of support alongside the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Edison Electric Institute (electric utilities' trade group), and two consumer groups, NCLC and Illinois CUB, that establishes momentous common ground among environmental and consumer advocates and utilities.
February 6, 2020
Washington, D.C. -- Today, representatives Andy Levin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act, a transformative proposal to create a comprehensive national network of high-speed EV chargers along our nation’s public highway system within five years. The EV Freedom Act would create automotive and infrastructure jobs while taking a major and necessary step toward reducing emissions and addressing climate change.
February 3, 2020
Oakland, CA -- Today, in honor of Rosa Parks’ legacy and in support of access to public transit as a civil right and strategy to combat climate change, community, labor, and environmental organizations in cities across the nation are taking action for transit equity. The national day of action is intended to uplift local work happening across the country.
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON - Five major environmental and science groups today released advertisements in papers across the country calling on General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, and Mitsubishi to drop their attack on the Clean Air Act and stand up for strong clean car standards that help reduce pollution and secure a stable climate.
January 15, 2020
ALBANY, NY– This week, the New York Department of Public Service (NYDPS) released a “make ready” incentive plan for utilities to spend more than half a billion dollars in workplace and public electric vehicle charging stations, accelerating New York’s goal of having 850,000 zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025 by creating a robust charging network across the state.
January 13, 2020
TRENTON, NJ– Today, in a 27-12 Senate vote and 65-9 Assembly vote, the New Jersey Legislature passed landmark legislation to electrify the state’s transportation sector and help New Jersey meet its climate goals of moving the state to 100% clean energy by 2050.
The legislation:
December 17, 2019
NORTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC – Today, after a year of a robust policy design process, the 12 Northeast states and D.C. that are a part of the Transportation and Climate Initiative announced the release of a draft region-wide policy proposal to reduce pollution from the transportation sector and invest in clean transportation solutions.
December 11, 2019
New York City, NY - This morning, at the Pedestrian Plaza on 14th St and University Place, environmental, transit and green workforce activists joined together to bid farewell to a Sierra Club activist traveling to Albany on the Amtrak to deliver a petition from over 7,000 New Yorkers to Governor Cuomo on Thursday.
December 12, 2019
SACRAMENTO—The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Thursday heard more than six hours of testimony on its staff’s weak proposal for zero-emission truck manufacturing targets. The board concluded the hearing by strongly signaling to the staff that more work is needed to ensure the rule is as effective as necessary to protect public health and improve air quality.
December 12, 2019
Sacramento, CA– Today, eight states - California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont - and the District of Columbia committed to move forward together to develop an agreement and action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses onto their roads and highways. The multi-state effort will be facilitated by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM).