Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.knows the metallic taste of air pollution that leaves a sting in your nose and lungs. On red air days when pollution hits unhealthy levels people are advised to stay inside and avoid outdoor activities especially the elderly, children, pregnant women, and those who suffer from respiratory illnesses.2007 in Miami, Florida.
Everyone, everywhere should have the choice to make their next car a clean car. Americans who care about reducing pollution deserve the choice to drive electric.Air pollution harms 36 percent of the U.S. population—or nearly 120 million people. According to the American Lung Association, more than 1 in 3 Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution, which affects lung development in children and can cause emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory diseases.
In other words, profit-driven corporate polluters responded to the EPA’s updated tailpipe emissions standards by actively manipulating the American public into thinking the standards are unwarranted. Their public disinformation campaign wants people to think the rules are a ban on gas carsThat is simply false. By law, the EPA does not and cannot ban technologies or modes of transportation.
Before the Clean Air Act was signed, our cities choked on air pollution so thick that breathing New York City’s air was as bad as smoking two packs of cigarettes per day, and Los Angeles suffered through unhealthy levels of air pollution more than 200 days a year.Angeles 6/13. Sun-scorched southern California, still broiling in sweltering 100-degree mercury level now faces a grimy layer of eye-stinging smog.
Reduce harmful air pollutants to the tune of 8,700 tons of particulate matter, 36,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 150,000 tons of volatile organic compounds in 2055. These pollutants contribute to smog, soot, and bad air days.Reduce approximately 7.2 billion metric tons in net transportation sector CO2 emissions between 2027 and 2055 .