Washington, DC -- Today, NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King and Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler unveiled their new proposed fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks, which would roll back the clean car standards for these vehicles put in place under the Obama administration.
Washington, DC -- Tonight, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler reversed course and withdrew EPA’s No Action Assurance on the glider truck rule. Agreeing with environmental groups’ and states’ claims in the challenges filed last week in the D. C.
Detroit, MI -- Today, the Sierra Club held a People’s Hearing in Detroit, opposing Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s and NHSTA’s Acting Administrator King widely expected proposed rollback of the clean car standards. Dozens of Michiganders attended, including former EPA and auto industry employees, speaking out strongly in support of the standards.
Detroit, MI -- In support of the clean car standards, the Sierra Club and leading health and consumer advocates are hosting a public hearing and rally this Thursday to advocate for the critical standards. Andrew Wheeler’s EPA and the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration are expected to release its plan to gut the clean car standards in the near future.
Washington, DC -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a temporary stay in response to a lawsuit brought yesterday by the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity, ordering Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency to continue to enforce glider truck requirements while the parties brief the merits of the case. The EPA must file a response to the motion by 4pm on July 25.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency for its July 6 decision to cease enforcing the glider truck requirements.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and Environmental Defense Fund filed a request to EPA to withdraw its decision to cease enforcing the glider truck requirements.
Denver, CO -- Today, after Colorado Governor Hickenlooper began the process to adopt advanced clean car standards, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers -- a trade group representing Ford and other car manufacturers -- began a public campaign to undermine the effort. This comes while the Trump administration -- while coordinating with the Auto Alliance -- has been working to roll back the clean car standards. However, amid swift backlash to rolling back the standards, the Alliance has attempted to distance itself from their efforts.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club and other environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision that the light-duty vehicle standards for model years 2022 to 2025 are no longer appropriate and should be revised.
Washington, DC -- Today, Ford and other auto executives are set to meet with Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt, and Elaine Chao to discuss the administration’s plans to rollback the clean car standards. The Auto industry has been working feverishly to claim that they intend to lobby Trump to protect parts of the standards after having spent the past year pushing to roll them back, despite overwhelming objections from the majority of Americans, scientists, and environmental experts.