What's New
This summer we’ll be building up a team of volunteers and
canvassers who will be spreading the word and building public support for
adoption the Clean Cars Program in New Hampshire. You might even see some of
these folks in your own neighborhood or on a street in your downtown.
Over the next four months we plan to:
- Speak with over 20,000 citizens across the state
to raise the visibility of clean cars;
- Collect 7,000 petition signatures from
supportive citizens; and
- Organize community leaders, local official and businesses
and generate media in every county in the state.
All of this will help us build the public support it will
take to pass the Clean Cars Program in New Hampshire this coming year, which
will reduce global warming pollution
from cars by an estimated 11 percent, and limit toxic air emissions as
well.
How You Can Help
Unfortunately,
car manufacturers and dealers are fighting harder than ever to prevent this
change in favor of the status quo. Not only are they challenging clean cars
laws in the states, but are leaning on the Bush administration as well to keep
the clean cars program from going into effect. We know automakers will come
back with the same tactics to hold back clean cars as they did before in New Hampshire. That’s
why we need your help in calling on Gov. Lynch to step up and adopt Clean Cars
in New Hampshire
by this fall.
Help us launch our Clean Cars Campaign this summer!
Background
We
all have to do our part to solve global warming. But while the rest of New
England is moving forward with programs that will put cleaner, greener cars on
the road, New Hampshire
is lagging behind.
And with global warming one of the most profound threats facing
New Hampshire – leading to unpredictable weather patters, flooding, and
increased levels of ground-level ozone – we need to act quickly to slow and
eventually reverse this trend.
Transportation is New
Hampshire’s second largest source of total global
warming emissions – responsible for nearly 40 percent of the state’s emissions in
2004. And because there are more cars on the road and people are driving more,
the problem is getting worse. Putting cleaner cars on the roads in New Hampshire is a
critical first step toward cutting our global warming pollution.
Luckily, cleaner, more efficient vehicle technology is
available that reduces global warming and air pollution emissions, while saving
consumers money at the pump.
The Clean Cars Program sets strong standards for emissions
of toxic air pollutants, promotes advanced-technology vehicles such as hybrids
and electric cars, and establishes fleet-wide average limits on emissions of
pollutants that contribute to global warming.
Cleaner
cars are a win-win for New Hampshire.
These vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil, save consumers money at
the gas pump, and protect pristine wild places from oil and gas development.
Unfortunately,
car manufacturers and dealers are fighting harder than ever to prevent this
change in favor of the status quo. Not only are they challenging clean cars
laws in the states, but are leaning on the Bush administration as well to keep
the clean cars program from going into effect. We know automakers will come
back with the same tactics to hold back clean cars as they did before in New Hampshire. That’s
why we need your help in calling on Gov. Lynch to step up and support Clean
Cars in New Hampshire
this upcoming year.
