Taking the High Road to Cleaner Air for Kids and Communities
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2022
Level
City or Town, County
State(s)
All States
Policy Areas
Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement, Transportation & Mobility
Although electrification reduces greenhouse gas emissions, switching to electric vehicles (EV) can negatively impact workers by giving rise to anti-union EV manufacturers, like Tesla. To address this problem, this memo urges local governments to leverage their procurement power to create good jobs in the EV sector and target the deployment of electric fleets to neighborhoods most impacted by environmental racism.