Take the green way to our nation’s best parks: Drive an EV
Your next visit to Yellowstone, the Everglades or the Grand Canyon can be as green, sustainable, and pollution-free as it is relaxing and adventurous.
Electric vehicles
We’re on the road to an electric future — and you can help drive us there.
It’s a hard truth: We simply can’t solve global warming without changing how we all get around. Transportation is now America’s No. 1 source of global warming pollution, and cars account for 60% of our transportation pollution.
The good news is that we have never been closer to an electric vehicle future than we are right now — a future where our kids ride electric buses to school, our mail and packages arrive in electric trucks, and every new car that is sold gets plugged in at night. Together, we can protect our climate by accelerating the transition to an electric vehicle future.
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Kids in 5 more Florida districts will ride electric buses
Electric School Buses are Coming to Florida Districts
280 more school districts are getting clean buses
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Did you know?
In the past 10 years, electric vehicle sales have grown 10-fold in the U.S.
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Year in review: Environment America’s 2023 highlights
Environment America, its state groups celebrate national, state, local victories for the public interest
Electric buses may be coming to a city near you
With air pollution plaguing much of America this summer, communities are embracing clean buses
How to get to 100% clean energy with today’s technologies
Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson and Environment America’s Johanna Neumann discuss how today’s technologies can achieve 100% renewable energy
New Biden clean cars proposal will spur electric vehicle adoption, slash pollution
The Biden administration proposed Wednesday some of the most ambitious vehicle pollution limits in the world, following similar actions by many U.S. states. The pending rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to ensure that all-electric cars make up as many as 2 out of every 3 new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2032.
Considering buying a used EV? Here are five things to know.
Electric vehicles have a wide range of environmental and consumer cost benefits. We’ve compiled some tips on how to navigate the market for used EVs and ultimately make a decision that fits your needs while also curbing pollution.