May 22, 2025: Today, the Sierra Club led a coalition of environmental and clean energy groups in joining the 17-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The NEVI program, created by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is a transformative initiative intended to build the backbone of an EV fast charging network along America’s highways, enabling long-distance EV travel across the country.
Sierra Club Environmental Law Program attorneys Joe Halso, Josh Berman, and Josh Stebbins led the coalition in developing the case and legal filings. The lawsuit is supported by more than 50 declarations detailing how the NEVI freeze is harming our members and the communities we represent across the country, including 36 declarations from Sierra Club members documenting real-world, on-the-ground impacts. Our aim is to secure the nationwide restoration of NEVI funds—an outcome Sierra Club is uniquely positioned to advance through the strength of our engaged membership across the country.
Today’s filing is just one move in our strategy to fight with the states—and in the states—to keep clean transportation on track, even under Trump. For more on how this lawsuit fits into the Sierra Club’s broader strategy to cut vehicle pollution and drive progress, read the blog post from the director of our Clean Transportation for All campaign here.
Sierra Club is represented in this case by lead counsel Joe Halso, as well as Senior Attorney Josh Berman and Managing Attorney Josh Stebbins.