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.
ALBANY, NY— Today, Governor Hochul's Department of Environmental Conservation initiated a rulemaking for the adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which will deliver zero-emission trucks to New York State, helping to slash diesel emissions, improve air quality, and spur the electric truck market.
CARSON CITY, NEVADA – Today, Nevada's State Environmental Commission unanimously approved new state “clean car standards” that would slash pollution from transportation, marking the latest step in the state’s process to establish regulations that have been adopted by over a dozen other states and the District of Columbia. The standards will require new cars sold in the state to emit less climate-disrupting pollution and also increase the availability and sales of zero-emission cars. Next, the standards will move to the Legislative Commission for approval.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today and tomorrow, over a dozen Sierra Club activists will join hundreds of other advocates in testifying during a two-day public hearing hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency. Advocates will stress the importance of finalizing an ambitious rule to strengthen federal greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for light-duty cars and trucks, also informally known as “clean car standards.”
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, E&E reported on the Sierra Club’s latest report, which highlights Toyota’s lobbying in the US for weak federal fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards (informally known as “clean car standards”) and a slow global electrification strategy.
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propondrá una revisión de los estándares de emisiones climáticas y eficacia energética para los carros y camiones ligeros nuevos.
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.
Hartford, CT - Today, Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved a landmark electric vehicle charging program, with an emphasis on making charging more accessible to underserved communities, including at workplaces and apartment buildings.