EPA’s new rule addresses pollution standards for vehicles, but must be strengthened to fully tackle the climate crisisWASHINGTON, 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.
MARYLAND – Yesterday, a regional transportation board composed of county and city leaders from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, voted to remove the widening of highways I-495 and I-270 from a federally mandated environmental study, dealing a major setback to the highway expansion.
WASHINGTON, DC - In recent days, despite President Biden ending negotiations with Senate Republicans and directing Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to move forward with an infrastructure package rooted in the vision he’s laid out in the American Jobs and American Families plans, a small group of senators have widely discussed a different, significantly smaller proposal. Details are continuing to emerge, but on Sunday, Senator Collins shared that this proposal would include punitive fees on electric vehicle owners.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is taking up the INVEST in America Act that would make job-creating infrastructure investments. Representative Chuy García will introduce three green transportation amendments in line with the vision of the THRIVE Act that would do much more to reduce pollution, prioritize equity and justice, and create good, union jobs, strengthening the underlying bill.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the EPA is hosting its public virtual hearing on a proposed rule that would regrant California its Clean Air Act waiver, reversing an illegal and unprecedented move by the previous administration that impacted communities across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took up the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act 2021. This bill represents an opportunity to provide an initial down payment on the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan.
DEARBORN, MI - Today, President Biden will visit the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, where the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of Ford’s iconic and best-selling F-150 truck, will be built by UAW workers in a new $700 million facility.