Blog - Coalition for Clean Air

07 Sep

Active Transportation, Climate Change, electric vehicles, Transportation

Can California Make Transportation Climate-Friendly? This New Plan Will Help.

Last month the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), with CCA’s support, adopted its Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), after a lengthy...

Opinion: Wildfires create need for clean backup power generation

Here we go again. Wildfire season is raging in California. The vicious cycle of wildfires, air pollution, blackouts and reliance upon polluting diesel...

Leave a comment | Tagged battery, clean air, climate, diesel, electricity, fuel cells, generators, Media

12 Aug

Active Transportation, Advocacy, California government, Clean Air, Clean Cars, Electric Trucks, electric vehicles, Freight, Legislation, Port & Freight, Transportation

The Legislature’s unfinished business: the 2021 end of session

California’s Legislature returns to the Capitol on August 16 to begin the four-week home stretch of this year’s session, with the fates of...

Leave a comment | Tagged advocacy, California, California legislature, clean air, Clean cars, clean transportation, electric vehicles, EVs, freight, goods movement, legislation, Sacramento

14 Jul

Advocacy, California government, Clean Air, Clean Cars, Climate Equity, electric vehicles, Legislation, Transportation

CCA OP-ED: Let’s make clean transportation accessible for all Californians

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in the Daily Californian on July 14, 2021: https://www.dailycal.org/2021/07/14/lets-make-clean-transportation-accessible-for-all-californians/ Low-income communities of color suffer the most from air...

Leave a comment | Tagged budget, Clean cars, climate equity, electric cars, electric vehicles, EVs

12 Jul

Active Transportation, Advocacy, California government, Clean Air, electric vehicles, Freight, Press, Transportation

Statement of CCA CEO/President Joe Lyou on the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure

Statement of Joe Lyou, CEO of Coalition for Clean Air and CTC Commissioner, on the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI): “We...

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29 Jun

Active Transportation, Advocacy, California government, Clean Cars, Climate Change, Electric Trucks, electric vehicles, Freight, Legislation, Press, Transportation

Statement of Bill Magavern, Coalition for Clean Air Policy Director, on the 2021-2022 California budget and clean transportation funding

For immediate release Friday, June 29, 2021 “We are pleased that substantial funding for zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure was included in today’s...