The Latest News in Green Transportation
Wednesday May 15, 2013
By Michael Marx, Beyond Oil Campaign Director
The Sierra Club has a long and successful history mobilizing our two million-plus members and supporters to push government leaders to protect our health... Read More
Wednesday May 8, 2013
Detroit resident and Sierra Club volunteer Dr. Delores Leonard speaks at a community press conference last week about the April 27 Marathon oil refinery explosion.
More than 60 Southwest... Read More
Wednesday April 24, 2013
During the past two years, plug-in car technology and innovation have spurred a new way of thinking about cars and their role in home energy efficiency, renewable power, and gas mileage.
Now, in a... Read More
Friday April 19, 2013
According to Brad Markell, Executive Director of the AFL-CIO's
Industrial Union Council, increased investment in advanced vehicle
technology is leading to more domestic jobs. "Why do hybrids and... Read More
Friday March 29, 2013
Today, the Obama
administration is expected to release new cleaner tailpipe standards that will reduce smog-forming pollution, save lives and improve public health.
These new safeguards will require... Read More
Friday March 29, 2013
Did you know that between 2010 and 2011, the number of bicyclists dying on U.S. roads increased by nine percent and pedestrian deaths increased by three percent? Meanwhile, there's been a... Read More
Thursday March 28, 2013
As we close in on the final three weeks of the last State Department public comment period on TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline (send your comment today!), the State Department... Read More
Thursday March 28, 2013
Last Friday, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) sided with Big Oil and voted to support the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. I was sorely disappointed by this vote, particularly because Nelson has been a true... Read More
Thursday March 21, 2013
When Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 in the
midst of the debt-ceiling crisis and crushing gridlock, it was a small
compromise, delaying economic catastrophe by kicking the can down the... Read More
Wednesday March 20, 2013
Jobs that benefit the environment and conserve natural resources are growing faster than any other industry in the U.S. – four times as fast.According to a new study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics... Read More
Wednesday March 13, 2013
Although we've taken many steps to clean up our air over the last few decades, four in ten Americans still live in places where the air is sometimes dangerous to breathe. Our cars and trucks... Read More
Monday March 11, 2013
More than 80,000 American drivers have purchased plug-in
electric vehicles in the last couple of years, but only 900 of them are in my
home state of Massachusetts. Why? One reason is the lack of... Read More
Wednesday February 20, 2013
After a weekend during which tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline and demand solutions to the climate crisis, the American Petroleum Institute (API)... Read More
Tuesday February 12, 2013
According to a new report "Where
Your Money Goes" by Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the
average American spends $22,000 to pay for gasoline over the lifetime of the
vehicle. That'... Read More
Thursday January 31, 2013
We've sure come a long way since Henry Ford.
Ford has unveiled a partnership with Eaton, SunPower, Whirlpool, and the thermostat company Nest Labs that aims to launch a collaborative tool for... Read More
Friday January 11, 2013
Now is the time to move forward with Tier 3 standards
Here at the Sierra
Club, we tend to believe that if you have the power to drastically reduce air
pollution and save lives, you should use it.... Read More
Friday January 4, 2013
This week Congress went to the brink of the fiscal cliff before producing a last minute legislative deal, brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).... Read More
Thursday December 13, 2012
Sierra Club members are known for camping, hiking, and campaigning
to protect the outdoors. Building cars? Not so much.
But Gary Krysztopik of San Antonio,
Texas, isn't your typical environmental... Read More
Thursday December 13, 2012
Each year, $200 billion of our federal, state,and local tax dollars are spent on our transportation system. That money goes for everything from highways and bridges to public transit and bike lanes,... Read More
Friday November 30, 2012
I went to pick-up my son from school yesterday evening, which brought me to the busy corner of Georgia and Forest Glen Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland, at 6:00 pm. I had a few minutes to wait,... Read More