June 12, 2025
Sacramento, CA – Today, Governor Newsom issued an executive order moving forward California’s clean transportation progress in the face of federal attacks.
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May 23, 2025
NATIONWIDE – Today, governors from 11 states – California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington – announced they are joining together in a new Affordable Clean Car Coalition which will help states tackle vehicle pollution and lower barriers for consumers to more affordably own, drive, charge, and maintain clean cars.
May 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their partisan budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, clean vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
May 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
February 11, 2025
USA – Lead the Charge unveiled its third annual Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard on Tuesday, ranking 18 global automakers based on their efforts to build equitable, sustainable, and fossil-free supply chains as they transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
February 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Federal Highway Administration issued a letter to state Departments of Transportation purporting to cancel states’ already-approved plans to build out America’s EV charging network through the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program and claiming to kill NEVI’s implementing policies.
January 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several of the nation’s leading environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, represented by Sierra Club and Earthjustice, just moved to intervene to defend the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) waiver.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of a series of executive orders seeking to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump today indicated that he will roll back key federal vehicle emission standards for cars and trucks. The executive order reverses action by the Biden Administration to maintain U.S. leadership on clean cars and trucks, including revoking the goal that 50 percent of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles.
January 16, 2025
NATIONWIDE - Today, the Sierra Club, Plug In America, the Electrification Coalition, and Forth released two national guides designed to accelerate the switch to clean, electric vehicles (EVs) and e-mobility in an effective and equitable way by providing various stakeholders with model policies at the state, local, and utility levels.
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a hearing to consider the nomination of Sean Duffy, former Fox co-host and Republican lawmaker from Wisconsin, reality TV participant, and climate change denier, to run the Department of Transportation.
January 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, as part of a massive $5 billion announced in Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for over 500 transportation projects across the country, the Biden-Harris Administration announced $635 million to build more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
December 16, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reuters reported that Donald Trump intends to attack progress in the U.S. on clean vehicles, including efforts that have saved the American people billions this year alone.