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OURTRANSPORTATIONFUTURE.ORG: New Broad-Based Advocacy Effort Boosts Regional Initiative to Reduce Vehicle Pollution

Forty-eight local, regional and national groups today launched a new coalition, Our Transportation Future, established to help Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states develop a regional clean transportation system that protects public health, curbs climate-changing pollution, expands economies and improves the flow of commerce. The coalition will support states’ efforts to address a transportation system that is unworkable, […]

Hybrid, Electric Car Jobs Up In Indiana; Clean Energy Jobs Overall Could Decline

Indiana saw huge job growth in the hybrid and electric vehicle industry last year. The number of people working in that sector jumped 18 percent from 2017. But employment across the state’s entire clean energy industry is expected to slow down this year. The latest Clean Energy Jobs Midwest report shows Indiana added more than 17,000 jobs […]

Energy storage, EV jobs boom in the United States

A new report by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) shows energy storage jobs growing 14% and EV jobs growing 16%, despite China’s dominance in lithium-ion battery technology.

Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Webinar: Repowering Illinois for All

Just last week, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the details of the Clean Energy Jobs Act at seven press conferences across the state. The legislation aims to move Illinois towards 100% clean energy, dramatically expand energy efficiency programs, decarbonize the power sector and increase electric vehicle penetration. Join us on March 18th to learn how […]

E2 Delegation Visits Albany to Advocate for 2019 Policy Priorities

E2’s New York chapter will meet with key lawmakers to provide the business perspective on upcoming clean energy, sustainability, and advanced transportation legislative priorities.  

States take the wheel in drive for cleaner vehicles

When it comes to rolling out cleaner, more sustainable vehicles, states are driving change and leading the pace. Smart policies recently passed from California to North Carolina promise to rev up the marketplace for low- and zero-emission vehicles — and drive job growth in the automotive, battery and equipment sectors along the way.

Better Batteries and Beyond: Illinois’ Role in Paving the Way for Energy Storage

Please join E2 Midwest as we explore new technologies, the policy landscape for energy storage and the formation of a Chicago-area pilot for community electric vehicle charging stations. Batteries play a critical role in increasing clean energy from storing renewable energy to powering electric vehicles. With cutting edge programs at Argonne National Labs and the […]

Business leaders address carbon emissions concerns

More than 500 business leaders, investors and other professionals, including eight from Michigan, recently signed a letter sent to every member of the 116th Congress imploring lawmakers to “take immediate and ambitious action” to address the economic threats made clear in the Trump administration’s Fourth National Climate Assessment. The letter was organized by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), […]

Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Planning and Paying for Tomorrow’s Transportation

  Whether you’ve been stuck in traffic on I-93 or watched helplessly as MBTA shut down operations during the winter of 2015, if you’re a commuter, you know that our transportation system is broken. At the same time, transportation has become the biggest source of GHG emissions in the Northeast and one of the leading […]

500+ Business Leaders, Others Implore New Congress To Address Economic Impacts of Climate Change

Signers have business interests in every state, region of the country WASHINGTON (January 8, 2019) – More than 500 business leaders, investors and other professionals signed a letter sent to every member of the 116th Congress today imploring lawmakers to “take immediate and ambitious action” to address the economic threats made clear in the Trump […]

Colorado’s Electric Car Dream: More charging stations, less smog and the warm embrace of renewable energy

Ceres and the regional chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs organized a recent roadshow, complete with a bus converted from diesel to electric by the company Lightning Systems, to highlight businesses and local governments in Larimer County that are adding electric vehicles to their fleets and providing employees places to charge their cars. … Ceres and the […]

Transportation Advocates Commend States’ Announcement to Develop Regional Program to Modernize Transportation and Reduce Vehicle Emissions

Governors of CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, PA, RI, VA and VT, Mayor of Washington, D.C., Move Forward with Climate Policy for Transportation, After Year-long Process of Collecting Regional Input. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 18, 2018) – Leading environmental, scientific, transportation, health, and business organizations working to advance modern, clean, equitable and low-carbon transportation celebrated an announcement […]