ELECTRIC TRUCKS SAVE LIVES.
Illinois can no longer ignore its truck pollution problem.
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Number of Illinoisians who die yearly because of diesel pollution each year.
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What diesel pollution exposure costs Illinoisans annually.
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Number of cancer-causing substances in diesel exhaust.
Twelve counties in Illinois, called “The Dirty Dozen,” in a 2022 Respiratory Health Association report, are in the top 9% of polluted counties nationwide.
Cook County is in the top 1% of polluted counties in the United States. The impacts of diesel pollution on health, economics, and communities in Illinois are enormous.
Zero-Emission Trucks, buses, and delivery vans are Illinois’s transportation future. We must accelerate the transition from polluting diesel engines to affordable, reliable, zero-emissions electric vehicles.
We need the right policies in Illinois to improve health and grow our economy. Our community-focused, diverse, growing coalition is working to get Governor Pritzker to understand the importance of diesel emissions reductions in Illinois - we need the clean trucks of the future to arrive sooner. We must establish ways to reduce emissions in new fossil fuel trucks that will continue to be sold, hauling all the benefits for Illinois residents along with them.
WHY?
For Equity & Health
Zero-Emission Trucks will help families living in “diesel death zones.”
Zero-Emission Trucks improve the bottom line and create good jobs.
For Jobs and the Economy
For the Climate
A transition to Zero-Emission Trucks solves a major climate problem.
HOW?
This is a historic opportunity to slash pollution with strong policy.
Zero-Emission Trucks
TIME FOR ILLINOIS TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR FUTURE.
Illinois is at the forefront of the nation’s production and distribution industries. Illinois’s history of industry and distribution makes it one of the worst states for diesel pollution. Our toxic air contributes to climate change while harming the health of children, the elderly, low-income, and BIPOC communities most, who are disproportionately located next to highways, heavy industry sites, and other pollution hot spots.
We can continue to lead with innovations and policies that protect Illinois lungs from pollution.