Contact: Cindy Carr, cindy.carr@sierraclub.org
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Today, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club launched a new ad campaign in response to Senator Fetterman’s critical comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new cleaner car standards for light-duty vehicles.
Tom Schuster, director of the Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, issued the following statement:
“Senator Fetterman’s unfair critique of the Cleaner Cars standard was extremely disappointing. Repealing this standard would harm Pennsylvania’s growing clean energy economy, undermine efforts to clean up our air, and hurt children and seniors with asthma and other respiratory problems.
“The EPA estimates that this new standard will eliminate 7.2 billion metric tons of climate pollution, the equivalent of removing all tailpipe pollution for four years. This standard by itself will prevent up to 2,500 deaths annually by 2055, on the way to supercharging the transition to zero-pollution vehicles.
“We urge Senator Fetterman to protect Pennsylvania families who will benefit from this life-saving standard that will create jobs and give car buyers more options – not Big Polluters and their Republican allies who want to roll back climate progress.”
About the Sierra Club: The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.