Advanced Clean Cars II

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Tell Governor Murphy that his administration needs to adopt Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) as soon as possible. His Department of Environmental Protection only has until the end of the year to finalize this rule and ensure that New Jersey doesn't fall behind other states in the transition to electric vehicles.

ACC II, if adopted, specifically when combined with a comprehensive just transition plan that ensures no workers and communities are left behind, will take the state’s already growing zero-emission vehicle market and robust motor vehicle emission control rules and augment them to meet more aggressive tailpipe emissions standards in order to ramp up to 100% zero-emission vehicles. The transportation sector is the largest source of climate-harming pollution in New Jersey, generating roughly 40% of our climate pollutants. Within the transportation sector, more than 70% of climate pollution comes from passenger cars and trucks. A key strategy to decarbonize this sector is accelerating the transition to a zero-emission vehicle fleet. The NJDEP 80 x 50 report from October 2020 clearly stated that New Jersey needed to move to require 100% of light-duty vehicle sales to electric and plug-ins by 2035. Our best mechanism for accelerating this transition is adopting the ACC II regulations this calendar year.

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Governor Murphy

Subject: Advanced Clean Cars II

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Governor Murphy, I am writing in support of Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations and urge your Administration to act ASAP to adopt the ACC II rule by December 2023. Adoption of ACC II in 2023 is essential for your Administration to achieve its goal of cutting climate pollutants by 50% by 2030, keeping up with nearly every other Clean Car state. The transportation sector is the largest source of climate-harming pollution in New Jersey, generating roughly 40% of our climate pollutants. Within the transportation sector, more than 70% of climate pollution comes from passenger cars and trucks. The economic benefit of moving to clean vehicles is significant. According to a recent Energy Innovation report, NJ could reap significant economic benefits from the rule, including more than $682 in annual household cost savings, nearly 31,000 avoided lost workdays by 2050, and 368 avoided premature deaths by 2050. While these benefits are important, I also urge the state to simultaneously develop a comprehensive just transition plan so displaced workers have access, are trained up, and have the skills to perform the new jobs created by the clean energy transition. No workers and communities can be left behind as we move any policy forward that will reduce GHG and put us on track for a clean energy future. Acting now to rapidly accelerate the shift to a clean transportation sector will also result in public health benefits for New Jerseyans. The American Lung Association’s Zeroing on Healthy Air report found that from 2020 to 2050, transitioning to zero-emission transportation across the country and cleaner electricity could result in $43.6 billion in public health benefits for the state, 3,960 avoided premature deaths, 92,400 avoided asthma attacks, and 464,000 avoided lost workdays. Communities of color and low-wealth communities bear an especially unfair burden of fuel costs and harmful air pollution due to decades of systematic marginalization. Adopting the ACC II rule in New Jersey will ensure that our residents can access the zero-emission vehicles they want within our state while solidifying New Jersey’s role as a climate leader. I urge you to act now. Respectfully,

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