LANSING, MI– Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an executive directive to create the Michigan Office of Future Mobility (which will be housed within the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity) and an executive order creating the Michigan Council for Future Mobility and Electrification.
The Council for Future Mobility, led by a chief mobility officer who has yet to be nominated, will make recommendations on policy and will be focused around but not limited to:
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club signed onto a statement of support alongside the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Edison Electric Institute (electric utilities' trade group), and two consumer groups, NCLC and Illinois CUB, that establishes momentous common ground among environmental and consumer advocates and utilities.
Washington, D.C. -- Today, representatives Andy Levin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Electric Vehicle Freedom Act, a transformative proposal to create a comprehensive national network of high-speed EV chargers along our nation’s public highway system within five years. The EV Freedom Act would create automotive and infrastructure jobs while taking a major and necessary step toward reducing emissions and addressing climate change.
ALBANY, NY– This week, the New York Department of Public Service (NYDPS) released a “make ready” incentive plan for utilities to spend more than half a billion dollars in workplace and public electric vehicle charging stations, accelerating New York’s goal of having 850,000 zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025 by creating a robust charging network across the state.
TRENTON, NJ– Today, in a 27-12 Senate vote and 65-9 Assembly vote, the New Jersey Legislature passed landmark legislation to electrify the state’s transportation sector and help New Jersey meet its climate goals of moving the state to 100% clean energy by 2050.
The legislation:
New York City, NY - This morning, at the Pedestrian Plaza on 14th St and University Place, environmental, transit and green workforce activists joined together to bid farewell to a Sierra Club activist traveling to Albany on the Amtrak to deliver a petition from over 7,000 New Yorkers to Governor Cuomo on Thursday.
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. – 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.