Revolutionizing our transportation systems is a crucial piece of Sierra Club's work to ensure we all can live in healthy communities, move around safely, and build a future powered by renewable energy.
We all want to breathe clean air and protect our families from toxic pollution and climate change. Unfortunately, transportation is currently our nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and a major source of air pollution. To build a livable future, we must shift away from fossil fuel-powered vehicles and towards clean, renewable transportation.
Right now, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress want to make it harder to drive clean cars, which will increase how much money you spend at the pump. We can stop them, but we need your help to protect access to public transportation, electric vehicles, and other clean transportation options.
Over the lifetime of the vehicle, a gas car puts out 4.5x more carbon pollution and infinitely more toxic tailpipe air pollution than an electric car.
We all want to breathe clean air and protect our families from toxic pollution and climate change. Unfortunately, transportation is currently our nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and a major source of air pollution. To build a livable future, we must shift away from combustion vehicles and towards clean transportation.
In a landmark legal win for clean transportation, a federal court has permanently barred the Trump administration from freezing funds for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program – that is, a $5 billion federal initiative to build reliable, high-speed electric vehicle charging stations along America's highways!
The ruling means all 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico now have the legal certainty they need to move forward building a nationwide charging network, free from unlawful interference. Sierra Club and partners brought this case on behalf of members who were directly harmed by the freeze.
This is what people power looks like: Sierra Club members standing up to protect clean transportation investment, cleaner air, and better access to affordable electric vehicle driving for everyone.
El Sierra Club acaba de publicar un estudio que revela que la industria automotriz del país está fracasando en satisfacer la demanda de vehículos eléctricos (VE) y que los fabricantes están corriendo un velo verde en sus compromisos con estos vehículos.
NATIONWIDE - Today, Vox reported on the Sierra Club’s new report “Rev Up Electric Vehicles: A Nationwide Study of the Electric Vehicle Shopping Experience,” which shows that the U.S. auto industry is largely failing to meet consumer demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and automakers are greenwashing their EV commitments.
WASHINGTON, DC - After years of lobbying against tougher emissions standards and federal incentives to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), Toyota has allegedly told U.S. officials – behind closed doors and with no official record – that it is fully committed to going all-electric.
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey can avoid up to 362 hospital visits and save drivers nearly $60 billion by transitioning to zero-emission electric cars and light-duty trucks, according to a new report. The New Jersey Advanced Clean Cars II Program report investigated the climate, health, and job benefits if the state were to adopt Advanced Clean Cars II, a program which, by 2035, would require that every new car and light-duty truck sold in New Jersey be zero-emission. The report was prepared by ERM and commissioned by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Sierra Club.
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La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció hoy el otorgamiento de $400 millones para el Programa de Autobuses Escolares Limpios, el cual ofrece fondos a distritos escolares para reemplazar autobuses sucios de diésel y adquirir flotas de vehículos limpios.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced $400 million in grants for the Clean School Bus Program, which offers funding for school districts to replace dirty diesel buses and transition to cleaner school bus fleets. The Clean School Bus program is a part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed in 2021. The program is funded for five years and will distribute over $5 billion to get cleaner school buses on roads.
DENVER, CO - Following today’s vote by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to adopt the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Low-NOx rules, organizations including: Womxn from the Mountain, GreenLatinos Colorado, Mi Familia Vota, Rocky Mountain NAACP, WRA, Healthy Air and Water Colorado, Conservation Colorado, National Resources Defense Council, Ceres, Colorado Sierra Club, and Earthworks among others released the following statement.
Annapolis, Maryland — Today, environmental, business, and community groups celebrated as Governor Wes Moore signed the Clean Trucks Act of 2023 (HB 230/SB 224) that passed the General Assembly into law. Sponsored by President Pro Tem Malcolm Augustine and Delegate Sara Love, the legislation requires the Maryland Department of Environment to adopt a regulation known as the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule by the end of this year.
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció una propuesta para reforzar los estándares federales de contaminación de vehículos, la cual reducirá emisiones del sector transporte para ayudar a proteger la salud pública y el clima.