February 28, 2018
On January 3, California Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced AB 1745, the “Clean Cars 2040” Act. (Click here for the AB 1745 Fact Sheet, and here for Coltura’s op ed supporting the bill.)
February 26, 2018
The study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) quantified the impact of air pollution and premature death in the United States, and concluded that nearly 58,000 deaths a year were attributable to road transportation alone (52,800 from particulate matter, and 5,000 from ozone).
January 2, 2018
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FUEL GAS CARS: BY PUMPING GASOLINE AT A GAS STATION. ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IN CONTRAST, CAN FUEL WHEREVER THERE’S EITHER 1) ELECTRICITY; OR 2) SUNSHINE AND SOLAR PANELS TO CAPTURE IT, LIKE A SOLAR CANOPY.
December 26, 2017
California has imposed standards for Zero Emissions Vehicles, or ZEVs. Its ZEV mandate sets up a credit system relating to a requirement that a certain percent of passenger vehicle sales by each automaker be ZEVs.
November 30, 2017
Air quality is getting better as a result of anti-pollution regulation, and we are all healthier as a result. But air pollution remains a deadly killer, in unexpected ways that go way beyond lung diseases such as asthma and lung cancer.
November 30, 2017
Coltura is leading campaigns in Washington and California to phase out the sales of new gas cars by 2030. What does this mean? Beginning with the 2030 model year, only passenger vehicles that don’t run on gasoline or diesel can be registered. Existing gas cars will be grandfathered in.
October 21, 2017
Many of the comments in response to Danny Westneat’s column about Coltura raised the libertarian argument, which is, in its essence, “Why should the government tell me what fuel I can use? The free market should decide.”
October 4, 2017
June 30, 2017
Coltura is excited to bring to Seattle the first-ever No Gasoline concert - a landmark cultural event where all musicians and their gear will travel to and from the event without using gasoline.