WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice, along with a coalition of other environmental groups, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its attack on California, stripping the state’s authority to set more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) vehicle standards than the federal standards, and rescinding California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
MINNESOTA – Today, Governor Tim Walz announced that Minnesota will join the growing list of states adopting the clean car standards, which require new cars sold in the state to emit fewer greenhouse gases. They also mandate an increasing percentage of new cars sold in the state to be zero emission-vehicles.
NEW YORK – Today, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico will join 14 other states in adopting clean car standards requiring new cars sold in the state to emit fewer greenhouse gases. They also mandate an increasing percentage of cars sold in the state to be zero emissions. The governor made the announcement at Climate Week in New York City, joining other U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday evening, McClatchy reported that EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a letter to California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nicols threatening sanctions against California, including cuts in federal highway funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Donald Trump tweeted out that his Administration is revoking the Clean Air Act waiver that allows California to adopt and enforce stronger greenhouse gas emissions standards on new cars and light trucks than the federal government’s. It also allows the state to require auto manufacturers to sell increasing numbers of electric vehicles in the state.
NATIONWIDE -- Today, the Sierra Club and Plug In America released an updated version of AchiEVe: Model Policies to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption, a toolkit designed to accelerate the switch to clean, electric vehicles in an effective, sustainable, and equitable way by providing public officials and advocates with model EV policies at the state, local, transit, and utility levels.
ALBANY, NEW YORK -- Today, the Sierra Club released a report calling for Governor Cuomo to set a state-wide target to reduce on-road transportation emissions 55% by 2035, in order to meet New York’s long-term climate goals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the EPA must comply with the Endangered Species Act by evaluating harm to endangered and threatened species when setting corn ethanol volumes in the national gasoline supply.
Nationwide -- The ninth annual National Drive Electric Week (NDEW), a coast-to-coast celebration of electric vehicles (EVs), will be held this month September 14-22 as public interest in EVs grows across geography and income level. Over 60 percent of prospective car buyers in the U.S.
Herndon, VA -- Today Dominion Energy and Governor Northam announced a program that aims to replace 13,000 diesel school buses in Virginia with clean, electric buses. This includes 1,050 buses by 2025. Virginia has 133 school districts, which serve over 1.2 million students and 17,000 school buses in its total fleet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump took to Twitter to lie in defense of his dangerous clean cars rollback.
DENVER, CO -- Today, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted 8-1 to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program, what could become a critical step in reducing transportation emissions from gas-guzzling vehicles, tackling the climate crisis, and protecting public health.