{"id":576,"date":"2021-01-27T20:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/house-committee-advances-clean-cars-standards-to-expand-access-to-electric-vehicles-address-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T20:22:36","slug":"house-committee-advances-clean-cars-standards-to-expand-access-to-electric-vehicles-address-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/house-committee-advances-clean-cars-standards-to-expand-access-to-electric-vehicles-address-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee advances Clean Cars Standards to expand access to electric vehicles, address climate\u00a0change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND\u00a0\u2013 Today, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources advanced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?ses=211&amp;typ=bil&amp;val=hb1965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?ses%3D211%26typ%3Dbil%26val%3Dhb1965&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611865057339000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCDfSG2qA33-cct6SDaRVcfWHOdw\">House Bill 1965<\/a>\u00a0from Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), to implement zero-emission and low-emission vehicle standards in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Once adopted, these standards will ensure that more pollution-free electric vehicles are available for sale in Virginia as a way to address carbon pollution from the Commonwealth\u2019s largest source \u2013 tailpipes.<\/p>\n<p>En respuesta a esta acci\u00f3n,\u00a0<strong>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/strong>, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t address the climate crisis without addressing our largest source of pollution \u2013 transportation. This legislation, paired with other measures to invest in vehicle charging infrastructure and make these vehicles more affordable on the front end, will help protect clean air and public health in the long-term while ensuring a more sustainable transportation system. We are thankful for the leadership of Delegate Bagby on this bill and applaud the House Committee for advancing this important measure. We are now counting on the full House to follow suit.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND\u00a0\u2013 Today, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources advanced\u00a0House Bill 1965\u00a0from Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), to implement zero-emission and low-emission vehicle standards in Virginia. Once adopted, these standards will ensure that more pollution-free electric vehicles are available for sale in Virginia as a way to address carbon pollution from the Commonwealth\u2019s largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-576","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}