Action Center
Clean Car Rule Must be a Victory for Consumers and the Environment
Urge the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation to ensure a strong, effective national clean car standard.
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Making Progress
California Passes World's First Low Carbon Fuel Standard
In April 2009, we achieved a major victory in California where they passed the world's first low carbon fuel standard. The regulation will likely serve as a model for other states and the federal government. Read more »
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Goes Into Effect
Thanks in part to the thousands of UCS supporters who sent emails and made phone calls over the past four years, the nation's first cap-and-trade program, a market-based plan to reduce global emissions, went into effect in early 2009. Read more »
