It’s hard to get a handle on the ugly, smoggy implications of this nation’s dependence on fossil fuel-burning cars. Deaths from pollution and climate change tend to pile up slowly, in asthma attacks, flood fatalities, and respiratory illnesses. But you, me, the kids, the politicians—everyone is suffering the effects of passenger car-related pollution. According to a new report from the American Lung Association of California, cars are responsible for $37 billion in health and climate costs each…
Electric cars could save $13 billion in health costs by 2030 in 10 U.S. states
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