We Need Bold Climate Action On Cars and Power Plants

The Biden administration has put forth the most sweeping climate agenda in US history. But they haven’t gone far enough on vehicles or power plants — yet. That’s why we need you to call on them to step up their climate commitments and put both industries on a path to zero emissions by 2035.

Transportation and electricity comprise over 55% of our country’s carbon pollution and are far-and-away our two largest sources of pollution. We can’t stop climate change and forestall the worst impacts of climate catastrophe without drastically reducing emissions from both sources as quickly as possible.

Send a message to President Biden, his EPA, and White House climate advisors Gina McCarthy and John Kerry that we MUST move to zero emissions for new cars and power plants by 2035!

The Biden administration has put forth the most sweeping climate agenda in U.S. history. But they haven’t yet gone far enough on transportation or electricity — our two biggest sources of carbon pollution.

Call on President Biden, his EPA, and his climate advisors to take bold climate action and put us on a path to zero emissions for new vehicles and power plants by 2035.

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We need to move to 100% zero emissions for vehicles and power plants by 2035

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Dear Administration Officials:

We're already seeing the impacts of climate change firsthand. The world MUST reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. And President Biden has pledged that the U.S. WILL get it done.

In order to hit that milestone, we must reach zero emissions with new cars and trucks, and all power plants. Therefore, please do the following:
* Set standards to help make all new cars and light-duty trucks zero-emission vehicles by 2035. In doing so, the standards should reduce carbon emissions by at least 60% by 2030
* Issue new power plant standards to move toward carbon-free electricity by 2035 -- and that means putting us on a path to that goal by 2030
* Tighten pollution standards for trucks and buses to spur the transition to climate-friendly electric trucks that reduce deadly diesel pollution -- especially in low-income communities and communities of color. By 2040, all new trucks should be pollution-free
* Expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to deploy at least 500,000 charging outlets by 2030 
* Create good-paying jobs in the growing zero-emission vehicles industry

Thank you.

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