Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
BlueGreen Alliance Statement on Final Truck Standards
Statement on the release of the final Phase 2 Medium- and Heavy-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards.
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BlueGreen Alliance Welcomes Release of Technical Assessment Report
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Kim Glas’s statement on the release of the Technical Assessment Report (TAR) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Pickup Trucks, Consumer Choice, Jobs, and the Power of Sound Climate Policy
The release of the Technical Assessment Report is the first step of the Midterm Evaluation process for 2017-2025 Light-Duty Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards. These standards prove that sound policymaking can effectively combat climate change.
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America runs on…. transportation infrastructure
On Thursday the U.S. House and Senate passed a 5-year $305 Billion transportation bill, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (or “FAST’” Act), and on Friday the President signed it.
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BlueGreen Alliance Testifies to EPA in Support of Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
These standards will increase fuel efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions from long-haul trucks—along with full size pick-ups, other trucks, buses, and vocational vehicles and can also continue America’s auto and manufacturing resurgence.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Truck Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards Can Continue American Auto and Manufacturing Resurgence
Our statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that will increase fuel efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Reinvest in America’s aging, overburdened transportation infrastructure
The opinion piece, “Let our Cities Move,” in Wednesday’s New York Times by Mayors DeBlasio of New York City and Cornett of Oklahoma City underscores the critical importance of reinvesting in America’s transportation infrastructure.
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Cars are getting greener and driving job growth
Investments in clean energy technologies for cars are creating jobs. Most recently, Alcoa—with the assistance of a loan from the Department of Energy—is expanding a Tennessee aluminum manufacturing facility and adding 200 jobs.
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The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program: A Success Building the Next Generation of Technology in America
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program plays a critical role in rebuilding U.S. manufacturing and to date has created or saved more than 38,000 direct manufacturing jobs.
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Turning Clean Vehicle Innovation into Jobs: A New Loan from the ATVM and New Investments in Manufacturing
To build a strong competitive modern economy its not enough just to use the latest, best, cleanest technology, we also have to invest in people, plants, and technology. That’s what the Department of Energy’s ATVM program is doing around the country.
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Passenger Rail & Transit Rail Manufacturing in the U.S.
Passenger Rail & Transit Rail Manufacturing in the U.S. from the Environment Law and Policy Center and the BlueGreen Alliance shows transit and passenger rail systems support extensive manufacturing businesses and jobs across the country.
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The missing piece of the U.S. auto industry’s resurgence
President Obama kicked off a three-day trip with a visit to a Ford plant in Detroit yesterday.The lede that has been buried about this comeback is that we’re making landmark steps forward on the environment and energy security.