WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Biden’s Department of Transportation and Department of Energy announced $5 billion towards a program that aims to build out a network of 500,000 electric vehicle chargers across the nation, an investment out of the recently passed infrastructure law.
LEBANON, TN - Today, President Biden announced that Tritium, an Australia-based electric vehicle charger manufacturer, will open its first U.S. facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. This facility will produce up to 30,000 DC Fast Chargers each year and create 500 local jobs.
For the fifth year, grassroots transit rider groups, environmental, climate justice, civil rights, disability, and faith organizations, and transit workers unions, will organize actions across the country to recognize transit equity as a civil right.
WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of advocacy from environmental groups and California air quality regulators, the Washington Post reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) sent letters to the Postal Service today urging the agency to reconsider its plans to buy 90 percent gas-powered vehicles in its next vehicle purchase and to conduct a new, more thorough technical analysis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Sierra Club hosted a video projection on the front of Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the Washington, DC Auto Show. The projection calls out Toyota’s greenwashing of their dirty vehicle fleet. The projection can be viewed here.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reuters reported that Toyota outsold General Motors in 2021 in the United States. GM has been the national leader in annual sales since 1931.
State Joins Coast to Coast Movement to Adopt Zero-Emission Regulation in Path to Healthier Communities
ALBANY, NY – Today, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation adopted the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rule, moving forward with a regulation that will help to achieve widespread electrification of vehicles ranging from delivery vans to tractor trailers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule for federal clean car standards, which will curb emissions from the transportation sector and protect our health and our climate by strengthening the stringency for model years 2023 through 2026 for cars and light-duty trucks, including making important changes to improve on its initial proposal from August.
Today, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, moving forward a regulatory path for electrifying everything from delivery vans to tractor trailers in the state.
Today, more than 60 labor unions, environmental groups, and faith, consumer, health, and economic justice organizations sent a letter to Senate Democrats urging them to support the inclusion of a bonus tax credit for consumer electric vehicles manufactured in factories where workers are represented by a union, a provision included in the Build Back Better Act.
TAKOKA, MD -- Today, Energy Secretary Granholm and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg signed an agreement authorizing their offices to combine resources to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure for communities across the country, following yesterday’s announcement of the Biden administration’s
Richmond, VA - Today, Governor Ralph Northam signed Virginia onto the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding, which has been signed by 15 states and Washington DC, to support vehicle electrification and eliminate toxic air pollution. Under the MOU, Virginia joins a multi-state commitment for 30 percent of new truck and bus sales to be zero-emission by 2030 and 100 percent zero-emission by 2050.