Richmond, VA - Today, the Virginia State Senate passed HB 1965, which directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. With this rule, Virginia joins 14 other states and the District of Columbia in adopting clean car standards. This bill will go to Governor Northam’s desk to sign and enact into law.
NATIONAL - Today, in honor of Rosa Parks’ birthday, labor unions, racial justice groups, environmental organizations and transit groups, and disability advocates are joining together to elevate public transit as a civil right and essential to healthy communities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the US Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg to serve as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. In response to the confirmation, Gina Coplon-Newfield, Director of Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign, released the following statement: “Today’s confirmation of Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation is a big step forward towards addressing the climate and health impacts of our polluting and inequitable transportation status quo.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, and other major automakers dropped their support for the Trump administration’s attack on California’s clean car standards, after a year of pressure from environmental, clean air, consumer and faith advocates.
FEBRUARY 3-4, 2021––As devastating cutbacks in public transit loom in the wake of legislative failure to pass sufficient funding, a nationwide coalition will hold a virtual hearing on Transit Equity. More than 50 workers from all over the U.S. in transit, healthcare, food service and other essential sectors will join disabled transit riders, students, unemployed people and unhoused people to testify about the dire financial and related consequences they face if legislative COVID-19 relief packages fail to provide the money to avoid a catastrophe.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, the Sierra Club and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) filed a lawsuit in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals challenging NHTSA's interim final rule -- finalized just days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration -- that delays stiffer penalties for new cars and trucks that violate fuel-economy standards.
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its finalization of the nation’s first-ever airplane climate emissions standards, which don’t actually reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
Washington, D.C.—A dozen of the nation’s largest public health, consumer and environmental groups today presented the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia with a detailed and substantial case showing why the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards is unlawful.
WASHINGTON, DC- Days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, the National Highway and Safety Administration (NHTSA) will issue an interim final rule on Thursday to delay stiffer penalties for new cars and trucks that violate minimum fuel-economy standards. Under the Obama Administration, NHTSA had adjusted the fines for inflation–from $5.50 to $14.00—for the first time in nearly two decades, making the increase applicable to model year 2019 vehicles.
DENVER, CO - Yesterday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a decision that approves Xcel Energy’s $110 million transportation electrification plan, a three-year effort to deploy up to 20,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at residential, commercial, and public sites in Colorado and support vehicle electrification through rebates, advisory services and research projects.