CALSTART

With policy changes more important now than ever, we are sharing key insight from our Head of Policy, Trisha Dello Iacono, on why transportation decarbonization is so important to her work.

“Transportation decarbonization means scaling the solutions we already know work. We’ve watched zero-emission trucks slash emissions in real deployments, utilities rewrite the rules to speed energization, and states stand up creative, next-generation policies that give this industry the certainty and scale that it needs to keep advancing the transition. Smart, durable policy ensures that those wins become the norm – and that’s why this work matters to me.”

To learn more, read our blog here: https://ow.ly/Q1hR50Y3Ti3

Despite federal setbacks, the transportation decarbonization movement is continuing to build momentum for 2026. To continue our spotlight on this movement, we are excited to share a message from our Senior Marketing Operations Manager Krista Guthrie on what transportation decarbonization means to her and why it is so important.

“As an adult I developed an allergy to smoke and one time I had a really bad reaction. I was struggling to breathe for hours and eventually my lips started tingling. My entire focus shrank down to getting that next breath deep enough to count, to counter the feeling of floating away. No one should suffer that moment of fear, not knowing when they'll get their next breath.”

To learn more, read our blog here: https://ow.ly/Q1hR50Y3Ti3

To close out January, we are excited to announce our spotlight on transportation decarbonization. Our journey in decarbonizing transportation has been extremely rewarding thus far, and we hope to continue accelerating the movement as we move further into 2026.

With continued resources and tools released by the team at CALSTART, along with sustained program efforts in states, global organizations, and policy advocacy groups, individuals and organizations can continue to support the switch to zero-emission transportation.

To learn more, read our new blog here: https://ow.ly/Q1hR50Y3Ti3

Comment below if you have any thoughts on what the journey to transportation decarbonization might look like in 2026.

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