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The first zero-emissions electric bus built in Lancaster, Antelope Valley, California, on July 13, 2017, near a BYD factory where thousands of workers build such buses.
September 28, 2018

Air Resources Board Hearing Brings California One Step Closer to Zero-Emissions Bus Fleets

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

The California Air Resources Board just held a public hearing in Sacramento to consider its proposed Innovative Clean Transit regulation.

Workers assemble an electric bus at BYD's California facility.
September 3, 2018

Electric Bus Vision in the Deep Trump Abyss

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

California could soon make polluting combustion-engine buses a thing of the past.

A car is built on the assembly line
May 31, 2018

California Is Getting off Gas and Diesel Sooner Than You Think

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

California just voted to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into charging equipment for electric cars, trucks, and buses in the largest single investment in charging infrastructure in the United States.

Uno de los cientos de trabajadores de tiempo completo empleados por la empresa de autobuses eléctricos BYD en su fábrica de California.
March 1, 2018

Lo que la industria no quiere que sepas de energías renovables y empleos

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

La verdad es que no tenemos que intercambiar aire puro por una economía saludable.

This welder is one of hundreds of full-time workers employed by electric bus manufacturer BYD at the company's factory in California.
February 13, 2018

Here’s What Industry Won’t Tell You About Clean Energy and Jobs

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

In reality, we don’t have to make a trade-off between breathable air and the economy.

November 30, 2017

Looking for Climate Leadership in the Trump Era? Try Cities Like Los Angeles.

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Angelenos are refusing to treat fossil fuel infrastructure as a necessary evil.

electric bus rally
April 20, 2017

LA Metro Can Drive the Resistance by Driving Electric

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

As the federal government relinquishes environmental leadership, cities are stepping up, including the nation’s smog capital, Los Angeles, which is considering a shift to electric buses.

Los Angeles
March 29, 2017

Move Aside Trump, California’s Future Is Electric

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

While President Trump tries to roll back America’s efforts to fight climate change, California charts its own path by investing $1 billion to electrify the state’s ports, warehouses, buses and cars.

Los Angeles Rep. Xavier Becerra
January 23, 2017

California Adds Legal Muscle to Defend Core Values and Rights

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office & Policy and Legislation Team

The Golden State is gearing up to protect its work for a healthy environment and fundamental rights for Californians from federal attacks.

Container ship docked at the Port of Oakland
November 17, 2016

Fighting for a Clean Energy Makeover at the Largest Ports in the Nation

By Adrian Martinez  /  California Office

Freight pollution is a major player in poor air quality and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Here’s what we’re doing about it.