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.
Based on E2 research conducted in partnership with the Atlas Public Policy research group, The Detroit News examines the state of EV and battery investment since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, through the initial impact of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
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 […]
Updated Letter of Business Support – Strong Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Standard for Transportation Planning
Raleigh – North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission (EMC) today approved a petition for the state to begin the rulemaking process to join the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The multi-state program curbs carbon emissions from power plants by placing a declining cap on CO2 emissions from the states’ electric power generation sector and reinvests […]
As North Carolina considers joining the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to help achieve the power sector climate pollution reductions called for by Governor Roy Cooper in his Executive Order 80, 39 North Carolina executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and other business professionals signed onto this E2 letter in support of North Carolina joining the program.
RALEIGH – Today, the North Carolina legislature is expected to begin debate on a sweeping energy bill that would reshape the state’s power sector away from coal but towards natural gas, according to a just-released draft of the proposed legislation. Following is a statement from Zach Amittay, Southeast Advocate for the nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs): “Our […]
As the Oregon Legislature considers House Bill 2021, which will ensure 100% clean electricity through ambitious but achievable targets for reducing and eventually eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, 45 Oregon private sector executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and other business professionals signed onto this E2 letter in support of the proposal.
DOMONOSKE: Well, it makes it clear that California does have this right that it has long had to set its own policies. Now, I spoke to Sandra Purohit, the director of federal advocacy at E2. That’s a business group that supports environmental policies. And she noted, it is still not clear what the federal policy […]