Shifting to electric vehicles and sustainable fuels
The problem: Global transportation harms our climate, accounting for roughly one-quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. The pollution from transportation powered by fossil fuels also harms our health, causing lung disease, heart problems and more than 6 million premature deaths a year.
What we’re doing about it: We’re driving the transition to electric vehicles, sustainable aviation fuels and zero-emission shipping, prioritizing the communities most burdened by pollution. We advocate the use of cleaner fuels everywhere — to save lives and strengthen the global economy.
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Impact by the numbers
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The percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions that come from transportation
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Number of lives saved by 2050 if all new heavy-duty trucks and buses sold in the U.S. release zero emissions by 2040
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Investments in EV manufacturing that have been announced in the U.S. over a decade
Our work cleaning up the global transportation system
- Fact sheet
5 facts that set the record straight on electric vehicles in the U.S.
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Online ordering brings warehouses — and pollution — close to home
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Can the global shipping industry clean up its climate pollution in time?
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Confronting aviation’s hidden air quality crisis with real solutions
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A roadmap for European cities looking to decarbonize urban freight
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Why funding to clean up U.S. ports is so important
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on clean transportation.
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EDF Joins Broad Coalitions Filing Amicus Briefs Supporting Congestion Pricing
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Federal Court Largely Greenlights New York’s Congestion Pricing Program
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Environmental Defense Fund Statement On New Jersey's Opposition to Congestion Pricing
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EPA Clears Way for California Clean Car Standards
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider Constitutional Challenges to California Clean Vehicle
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider Challenges to California Core Authority to Establish Clean Vehicle Standards Brought by Oil and Gas Interests
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Clean transportation resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
- Overview
How we’re working to slash climate and air pollution from global shipping
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8 things to consider when you’re thinking about buying an EV
- Fact sheet
Driving change: How electric vehicles are benefiting people across the U.S.
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This registry could jump-start global production of sustainable aviation fuels
- Legal resources
Defending clean vehicle standards to protect people and the planet
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Fleet Electrification Solutions Center
Our clean transportation experts
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Angie Farrag-Thibault
Associate Vice President, Global Transportation
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Marie Cabbia Hubatova
Director, Global Shipping
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Glenda Chen
Senior Analyst, Global Transport
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Jason Mathers
Associate Vice President, Zero-Emission Truck Initiative
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Pedro Piris-Cabezas
Senior Director, Global Transportation / Lead Senior Economist
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Peter Zalzal
Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
Media contact
Erica Fick
(213) 435-7160 (office)