Truck Lobbying Group Seeks to Join Lawsuit Supporting EPA’s Rollback of Vehicle Standards 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit that the Sierra Club and its partners brought against Trump’s EPA over its repeal of the endangerment finding and vehicle emission standards.

In response to EMA’s intervention, Sierra Club Clean Transportation for All Director Katherine García released the following statement: 

“The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association’s support of EPA’s repeal of life-saving clean truck standards is appalling. Truck manufacturers like Daimler and Volvo have slow-walked clean trucks for years and now want to throw them under the bus altogether, undermining American competitiveness and thumbing their nose at truck drivers and communities who demand the health and climate benefits of clean trucks. At a time when diesel is skyrocketing above $5 a gallon, truck manufacturers can no longer afford to cling to the past—they must invest in a cleaner, more resilient future and support the policies needed to accelerate truck electrification.”

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person’s right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.