The Biden Administration has a proposal to help states reduce transportation pollution

President Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT) released a proposal that would require states to measure greenhouse gas pollution from their highway and transportation programs and come up with plans to reduce those emissions. States must track and set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from national highways.

Tell Biden’s DOT to pass this critical measure!

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We have an important opportunity to help encourage states to put the historic transportation investments toward sustainable solutions!

Only in the past decade have public officials gotten serious about measuring the performance of our transportation system in terms of its safety and quality. But those efforts will never be complete if states don't account for climate pollution and find ways to reduce emissions on highways across the country. This proposal is an important step toward a more sustainable transportation future across the United States.

States must track and set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from national highways.

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Subject Finalize the rule for states to measure and reduce pollution

Dear Secretary Buttigieg:

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As a concerned citizen, I urge you to finalize the proposed rule requiring states to measure greenhouse gas pollution from their highway and transportation programs and come up with plans to reduce those emissions.

Price gouging at the gas pump and the growing number of climate-fueled disasters make it ever so clear that we must invest in sustainable transportation. Transportation is now the largest source of climate-busting carbon emissions in the United States.

President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law will fortunately make record investments in our transportation system -- more than $600 billion is set to go to states and cities over the next five years. These funds are available for a variety of uses like bus rapid transit and commuter rail, bicycle lanes, electric vehicle charging stations, and road safety improvements.

I want to help encourage states to put the historic transportation investments toward sustainable solutions. This proposed rule to assess greenhouse gas pollution is the next logical step toward making much-needed advancements in sustainable transportation.

Thank you.

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