NATIONWIDE–Diesel prices have surged even faster than gasoline, the national average hit $5.10 per gallon on March 19. Higher diesel means higher costs for trucking, shipping, and groceries; a full supply chain hit.
Truck manufacturers must step up to help the U.S. trucking industry transition to electric trucks as diesel prices surge past $5 a gallon, by providing more affordable trucks and ending their opposition to regulation underpinning the shift, say industry experts and clean transport advocates.
GLOBAL—Momentum is building towards an even cleaner electric vehicle (EV), according to a scorecard of 18 global automakers. Leading companies are producing cars that don’t just run on electricity but are manufactured using decarbonized and circular materials, such as fossil-free steel and recycled battery minerals, while minimizing negative impacts on the environment, workers and communities.
Washington, DC – A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming people’s health.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey, Representatives Dina Titus (NV-01), Sean Casten (IL-06) and clean transportation experts gathered on Capitol Hill to encourage Congress members to include strong investments in clean and electrified transportation in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Lee Zeldin will finalize a federal regulation that would obliterate the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation announced a new proposal to repeal an existing waiver and dramatically raise the domestic content requirement for electric vehicle charging stations–from 55 to 100 percent–for federal-aid highway projects, including the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the Trump administration is targeting elimination of over $900 million in federal funding from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of health, consumer and environmental groups told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that its plan to gut fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks is irrevocably flawed and should be withdrawn.
SEATTLE — Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program—a $5 billion federal initiative to build reliable, high-speed electric vehicle charging infrastructure along America’s highways.
Washington, DC – Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Sierra Club are moving to defend California’s protective clean vehicle standards in court.
WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate and House of Representatives released a series of appropriation bills. The draft fiscal year 2026 transportation bill would strip away more than $875 million in funds for EV charging infrastructure, including roughly $500 million already apportioned to all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to build essential EV charging infrastructure along the nation’s highways under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Charging (NEVI) Formula program.