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.
SACRAMENTO—The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Thursday heard more than six hours of testimony on its staff’s weak proposal for zero-emission truck manufacturing targets. The board concluded the hearing by strongly signaling to the staff that more work is needed to ensure the rule is as effective as necessary to protect public health and improve air quality.
Sacramento, CA– Today, eight states - California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont - and the District of Columbia committed to move forward together to develop an agreement and action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses onto their roads and highways. The multi-state effort will be facilitated by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM).
ALBANY, NY - Today, at the New York State Capitol, Assemblymember Patricia Fahy and Assemblymember John T. McDonald III joined a broad coalition of advocates from environmental and transportation organizations to deliver a petition from over 7,000 New Yorkers calling on Governor Cuomo to act on reducing emissions from transportation.
DETROIT, MI – Yesterday, General Motors unveiled a new generation of gas guzzling SUVs for US consumers. This latest announcement from GM is another example of how the automaker’s talk about sustainability rings hollow, especially in the wake of its decision to side with the Trump administration in court against clean cars and climate action.
Rush, NY - This morning, in front of EV Charge Solutions, an electric vehicle equipment distributor, local business leaders and clean energy advocates joined the Sierra Club to call on Governor Cuomo to adopt a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles 55% by 2035 and bid farewell to a Sierra Club activist driving to Albany in an electric vehicle for a petition delivery to Governor Cuomo on Thursday.
STONY BROOK, NY -- This morning, at the Stony Brook Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Station, New York State Assemblymember Steve Englebright, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, and Port Jefferson Village Trustee Bruce Miller joined transportation and climate advocates, including the Sierra Club, to bid farewell to a Sierra Club activist en route to Albany via rail to deliver a petition from over 7,000 New Yorkers to Governor Cuomo on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice, together with a broad coalition of public health and environmental groups, filed a lawsuit against former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s E
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As reported in Forbes today, the Sierra Club joined a coalition of European NGOs, including Europe's leading clean transport campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E), in the launch of a global campaign targeting ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for their worsening environmental footprint.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club launched online ads drawing attention to automaker hypocrisy and greenwashing this week during the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public on Nov. 21.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, Reuters reported on the Sierra Club’s new report “Rev Up Electric Vehicles: A Nationwide Study of the EV Shopping Experience,” which shows that the U.S.