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Why Is Reducing Emissions Important? Improved fuel efficiency standards ("CAFE" standards) will save you thousands of dollars over the life of your vehicle. But raising these CAFE standards will have even more profound benefits on our health and our environment. 
A recent study found that pollution from auto exhaust kills more people each year than automobile accidents! Air pollution in many American cities, such as Houston and Los Angeles, causes serious problems with respiratory disease. Especially vulnerable are those with compromised or weak respiratory systems, such as children and the elderly. Improved fuel efficiency standards would be a great first step to cleaning up the air we share. See our Clean Air pages for more information. 
Automobile emissions are one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions in America today. Reducing these emissions will be critical to slowing and eventually stopping global warming. In fact, raising fuel economy standards is the biggest single step we can take to curb global warming. See our factsheet (1mb pdf file), and find out more on our global warming pages. Up to Top |
