For Immediate Release: May 10, 2023 Contact: Doug Gordon | doug@upshiftstrategies.com Today, more than 125 leading environmental and transportation groups urged the Biden Administration to move faster to fully complete their proposed greenhouse gas emission rule that was first proposed last July. Today the groups released a letter organized by the National Campaign for Transit Justice and signed by Transportation for America, U.S. PIRG, NRDC, 350.org, Union of Concerned Scientists,…
Read MoreOpen Letter: Keep the Promise of Infrastructure Law in 2023 Budget Appropriations
The Honorable Rosa DeLauroChair, House Appropriations CommitteeH 307, The CapitolWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Patrick LeahyChair, Senate Appropriations CommitteeRoom S-128, The CapitolWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Richard ShelbyRanking Member, Senate Appropriations CommitteeRoom S-128, The CapitolWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kay GrangerRanking Member, House Appropriations CommitteeH 307, The CapitolWashington, DC 20515 Cc: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Schatz,…
Read MorePress Release: More Than 100,000 Comments In Support Of DOT Greenhouse Gas Rule Submitted During Comment Period 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2022 Contact: Larisa Manescu, Sierra Club, larisa.manescu@sierraclub.org More Than 100,000 Comments In Support Of DOT Greenhouse Gas Rule Submitted During Comment Period Supporters Urge Biden Administration to Urgently Advance Common Sense Rule More than 100,000 comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s proposed greenhouse gas rule were submitted during the comment period that ended yesterday. The rule will unify a hodgepodge of incomplete data…
Read MorePress Release: Environmental and Transportation Groups Call On USDOT To Complete Greenhouse Gas Rule
Today, more than 175 leading environmental and transportation groups sent Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg a letter urging him to complete the greenhouse gas rule immediately. The letter, initiated by the National Campaign for Transit Justice and the National Association of City Transportation Officials, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, TransitCenter, Transportation for America and US PIRG, was signed by Earthjustice, Evergreen Action, Sierra Club, The Transit Coalition, TransitMatters, and many…
Read MorePress Statement: US DOT’s Greenhouse Gas Rule
In response to the US Department of Transportation re-issuing the greenhouse gas emissions rule, Libero Della Piana from the National Campaign for Transit Justice issued the following statement: “The bipartisan infrastructure law is a historic bill and this new rule will ensure it can not only create jobs, rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and invest in transit but also live up to its promise of helping to combat climate change.…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Groups Call for Transit Appropriations
More Than 100 Transit and Environmental Groups Demand Congress Keep Promise Of The Infrastructure Bill And Fully Fund Transit In Appropriations For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 21, 2022 Contact: Doug Gordon | doug@upshiftstrategies.com Today, more than 100 transit and environmental groups sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees demanding that they keep the promise of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and fully…
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 3, 2022Contact: Doug Gordon | doug@upshiftstrategies.com Advocates In 11 States + DC Urge Their Local Departments Of Transportation To Follow Federal Guidelines When Spending New Infrastructure Money Advocates In CA, CO, DC, IL, MD, MI, NC, OR, PA, VA, WA And WI Urge Local DOT Officials TO Ensure Safe, Reliable And Accessible Transportation For Everyone, No Matter Where They Live This week advocates in eleven…
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