TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE BEYOND GASOLINE
 

The Bonfare Market and Gas Station in Sacramento is harming the environment again. Leaks in its underground storage tanks have contaminated groundwater and leaked into the soil. Last year one leaking tank was removed; now a second tank has been found to be leaking.

Looking for a last-minute holiday gift that will help cut gasoline use?  Here are a few ideas to celebrate the season.

For kids:

Coltura’s children’s book, Sparky's Electrifying Tale is the only children’s book about the harms of gasoline and benefits of cleaner alternatives. 

Kids can also learn about the best “vehicle” for displacing gasoline with this Matchbox Set of EVs. Set includes electric buses, cars and work vehicles. 

For adults:

Replace their fossil fuel car with an EV or perhaps an electric cargo bike.

And for the biggest impact of all, make a donation to Coltura in their name.

 

Earlier this year the US Postal Service under pressure from the EPA and lawsuits by 15 states, committed that 40% of its new vehicle purchases would be EVs. Its gasoline-powered trucks get an abysmal 9 miles per gallon and go through 114.3 million gallons of gasoline per year. (By comparison, the Department of Defense uses 4.6 BILLION gallons of fuel a year.) USPS has announced plans to purchase 34,000 zero-emission mail trucks in the upcoming year. It is unclear how much gasoline will be displaced by these trucks, as USPS has not disclosed the gasoline use of the particular trucks being replaced. And, despite increased funding to purchase EVs, there is still no commitment from USPS to electrify the other 60% of new vehicles.

Coltura has so much to be thankful for this holiday season.  We are so fortunate to have:

• Our  dedicated, enormously helpful board of directors: Carlos Manzanedo, Erick Frederick, Easen Ho, Paul Fredlund, Grace Reamer, SJ Hwang, and now Doug Pearson;
   
• Our advisory board of John Bolander, Aaron Isherwood, Franke James, John Picard, Joe Quintana, Emma Roginski, Adam Stern, Anushka Srinivasan, and Zoe Wong-VanHaren, who are always there to advise us or open a door;   
   
• Our generous and faithful donors, who believe in our mission of moving America beyond gasoline and our ability to carry it out;
   
• Generous foundations and their staffs, especially including the Zero Now Fund, the Bullitt Foundation, and their representatives  Rebecca Dane, Maame Boakye, Michael Marx, and Rashad Morris, who supported Coltura with early grants;
   
• Our strong team of economists, statisticians, data scientists, and programmers, led by Paul Rosler, Til Dietrich, Sorin Dragan, Olusamni Hundogan, and Matson Ho, who are powering a revolution in how we measure and map gasoline use;
   
• Our wise and experienced team of advocates, campaigners, and legislative affairs experts, led by Rob Sargent, Christian Sinderman, and Joanna Grist; Our Clean Cars 2030 state partner organizations and leaders in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (Green Energy Consumers Alliance–Larry Chretien and Anna VanderSpek), New Jersey (Environment America–Doug O’Malley), and Michigan (MEVA–Amy Rogghe and Melody Harvey; Ecology Center–Charles Griffith);
   
• The many legislators who passed Clean Cars 2030 in Washington, especially Sen. Marko Liias, Rep. Nicole Macri, Rep. Jake Fey, Rep. Alex Ramel, Rep. Beth Doglio, and Sen. Joe Nguyen, and Assembly Member Phil Ting in California, who introduced gar car phaseout legislation and the first bill in the world tying EV incentives to gasoline consumption; 
   
• Indefatigable campaigners to stop new gas stations Woody Hastings and Jenny Blaker at CONGAS;
   
• Our talented and dedicated staff, including development director Adelaide Roberts and communications director Alexandra Zobel Espinel, our digital expert Jordan Frank, graphic designer Felipe Vasquez, bookkeeper Goran Brkic and former team members Samara Villasenor, Emily Lewis, Kris McRea, Dinah Swain and Kyle Ann Sebastian;
   
• Our amazing volunteers and interns including Tony Talwar, Amitav Mohanty, Suresh Kotha, Julia Moravcsik, Andrew Kidde, Daniel Steinberg, Charlie Michel, Beth Etscheid, Miriam Reed, Ryan Espedal, Tony Billera, Cesar Lopez, Arvia Morris, Margaret O’Donnell, Sara Donato, Emma Roginski, Sam Perry, Teresa Gulli, and Nancy Federspiel;
   
• All those who travel without using gasoline—your efforts are the foundation stones of a gasoline-free future;
   
• And finally, to our dedicated readers of Gasoline Phaseout News who are committed to our mission of moving beyond gasoline and do so much to share it with others.

In 2023, we will continue to expand, nurture, and grow the community of people working to end the use of gasoline and make the world a greener and more equitable place.
 

Warmly,


Matthew and Janelle