California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Rule faces legal opposition, threatening billions in health and economic benefits. California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule combats toxic freight pollution in the state. Driven by decades of advocacy from frontline communities, the rule accelerates the deployment of zero-emission trucks, yielding an estimated $26.5 billion in … [continued]
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the award of more than $34 million to reduce the risk to Americans’ lives and property from wildfires. This funding will be provided over five years to six research universities in NOAA’s Cooperative Institute system to support wildfire preparedness and response as … [continued]
A T&E briefing analyses how tackling truck pollution will save lives and money. The European Parliament and Council should use the trilogue negotiations on the heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) CO2 standards to extend the scope to small and vocational trucks. This would reduce air pollution from HDVs by an additional 6 … [continued]
A focus on car alternatives and better pedestrian infrastructure could save 6,000 lives and $259 billion each year. State departments of transportation (DOTs) are uniquely positioned to accelerate the shift to clean transportation. While many have made heartening progress in areas like vehicle electrification, most have neglected other necessary solutions … [continued]
If you’re like so many people in the world, you’re concerned about the climate crisis. If you are also an investor, then you should keep your attention on transition finance. “Transition finance” is a new term that’s being tossed around to describe industries and infrastructure that promote a net zero … [continued]
My local public radio station, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), which broadcasts throughout Oregon and southwest Washington, has been running advertisements for a fossil gas utility named Northwest Natural over the past year. OPB has aired ads about the gas utility’s appliance store where users can go and buy fossil fuel-powered, … [continued]
It doesn’t seem that long ago that VW was sued for the “Diesel Gate” scandal in which many VW diesel vehicles were found to be using emissions cheat devices. Now there’s another diesel emissions situation, this time involving accusations that Cummins used diesel defeat devices for almost one million diesel … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new issue brief released [last week] from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) highlights how racist practices create inadequate housing quality for at-risk communities and what can be done to address this within building decarbonization policy. The brief was created in collaboration with the Building Energy, Equity, … [continued]
Humans have a primal attraction to a crackling flame and the ambience of a cozy fireplace. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright called the hearth the “the psychological center of the home,” and designed all his residences around a central fireplace. For the majority of humans who now live in urban areas, … [continued]
When California governor and former CleanTechnica contributor Gavin Newsom announced that the state would ban the sale of most internal-combustion vehicles in 2035, a number of states immediately followed suit. But now, the word is that Connecticut governor Ned Lamont is withdrawing proposed regulations that aligned with California’s clean vehicle … [continued]
