Two doctors say that no one is safe from polluted air and children, pregnant women, frontline communities, the elderly and others are being disproportionately affected.
require manufacturers to dramatically ramp up production and sales of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell cars over the next decade.
Coupled with incentives on the state and federal level, it will be easier for everyone, including lower- and middle-class families in New Jersey, to purchase electric vehicles. In our region, ACC II has been or is being adopted in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Virginia and Vermont because these states understand the urgency of the transportation pollution crisis. It’s past time for New Jersey to follow suit with full adoption of ACC II this calendar year.
According to the American Lung Association, the adoption of clean transportation policies, including ACC II, will provide enormous health benefits for New Jerseyansincluding $43.6 billion in public health savings, 3,960 premature deaths prevented and 92,400 asthma attacks prevented. We can no longer afford to slow-walk the transition away from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. It’s time to sprint to a zero-emissions future.
Don’t miss an issue of our Opinion newsletter! Get it delivered each Wednesday right into your inbox by adding your email below and hitting"subscribe."We, along with hundreds of thousands of our physician colleagues across the globe, are extremely alarmed about theon public health.
The fossil fuel industry learned its lessons from the tobacco industry well, spending billions of dollars over decades to misinform the public about climate change and the health harms of air pollution that spews from the tailpipes of cars and trucks all across our state.
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