Why the EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding for Vehicles and Trucks is Bad for the Economy and Bad for the Environment By Daniel Baker To start, a couple of key facts. Greenhouse gases (GHG) are directly linked to climate change. A warmer planet is really, really bad for business. That makes the EPA’s decision to officially reverse its stance on the scientifically established harms […]
The EPA officially revoked the endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and eliminated clean vehicle standards in a blow to both our economy and our environment.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is expected to announce the Administration’s intent to weaken federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for vehicles. Such a dramatic shift in policy would halt five decades of progress toward U.S. cars that are cheaper and cleaner to run.
Uchenna Bright, Northeastern state advocate at Environmental Entrepreneurs, disagreed. “We have nothing to gain by dragging our feet. The time to act is now,’’ she said.
“By adopting these standards, New Jersey will tap into a huge economic opportunity to mitigate the economic and human costs of the climate crisis and unchecked air pollution while also creating career pathways and high-quality jobs for the local New Jersey residents that are building our clean transportation future,” said Uchenna Bright, E2 Northeastern States […]
By E2 Interns: Kai Diep and Andrea Guerra California regulators have a critical opportunity to drive economic growth in the state’s blossoming zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) industry and help achieve state climate targets by advancing a strong Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule with a 100% electric truck sales requirement by 2035. This ambitious yet achievable goal […]
“The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the clean energy sector particularly hard. The nonprofit E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) calculated that more than 620,000 clean energy jobs were lost in the first three months of the pandemic alone, with over 300,000 still not returning. The opportunity to modernize our nation’s fleet could help put people back to work […]
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed today to re-establish the authority California and 13 other states to set emissions standards for cars and light-duty trucks sold in their states. The move comes a little over three years after the Trump administration’s EPA first announced it would weaken Obama-era car standards. E2 was the first […]
WHAT Profound change is afoot in the quest to meet California’s ambitious decarbonization targets and our state’s electric grid is a critical lynchpin; delivering zero-carbon electricity to California citizens and businesses is critical as we work to power our industries, buildings, and transportation sector with clean electricity. Realizing 100% clean energy and statewide carbon neutrality […]
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, making her just the second woman to lead the department since its creation in 1977. As governor, Granholm helped steer Michigan’s economy toward clean energy and electric vehicles following the 2008 financial crisis, leading […]