May 21, 2019
Coltura worked with Washington legislators and Yes Clean Cars coalition members on legislation calling for swift electrification of state and local government fleet vehicles.
April 20, 2019
Gasoline and diesel used by Americans cars and light trucks cause more than one billion metric tons of CO2 pollution every year, or about 17% of all U.S carbon pollution.
March 30, 2019
Talks between the state of California and the EPA over California’s clean car rules have ended.
February 28, 2019
Coltura is working to get two bills introduced in Washington state. One requires all new cars sold to be electric starting in 2035, and the other requires new government fleet vehicles to be electric by 2027. More to come!
October 31, 2018
In conjunction with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, Coltura and the Sierra Club hosted a panel of leaders representing China, India, the Netherlands, and Germany to share their perspectives, stories and advice on phasing out gasoline passenger vehicles. Click here for the recap and photos.
October 1, 2018
It’s March, 2020, in the first weeks of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and the world has gone quiet. Savannah, an 11-year-old girl living in the Pacific Northwest, sees an opportunity to heal our planet, if we can resist the urge to get back to our gasoline-guzzling normal.
September 30, 2018
Coltura and the Sierra Club will present a panel of international leaders to share their countries’ experience with phasing out gasoline and diesel passenger vehicles in San Francisco on September 12 in conjunction with the Global Climate Action Summit. After a panel discussion led by Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, panelists and attendees will strategize next steps for an international phaseout movement to accelerate the end of gasoline-powered vehicles.
September 18, 2018
This report resulted from a convening with regulators, advocates, experts, and other stakeholders in California’s zero emission vehicle industry, organized by UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and sponsored by Coltura.
September 13, 2018
The clowning gasoline ghosts are the ghosts of the 58,000 people who die annually of car pollution.