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Urge your lawmakers to support clean car legislation in Illinois
Illinois and other Midwest states are moving to adopt tough new standards to reduce pollution, benefiting the region’s 
health and reducing global warming pollution-while also improving the area’s economy. Illinois has the opportunity to lead the Midwest in ensuring all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks will emit lower levels of global warming and other air pollutants while improving public health, and saving Illinois consumers money at the pump.
You can help take the global warming pollution of more than 950,000 cars off the road each year in Illinois!
The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards recently passed by Congress and signed by President Bush does not do nearly enough to increase fuel efficiency or significantly reduce global warming pollution from cars.
It’s time for Illinois to demand better.
We have the opportunity to lead the Midwest by joining 13 coastal states in adopting standards requiring auto manufacturers to build cleaner cars. State Representative Karen May and State Senator Terry Link are sponsoring legislation in the Illinois General Assembly to do just that.
If you live in Illinois, send a letter, sign the petition!
Write to your elected officials now urging them to support Clean Cars for Illinois!
Sign a petition to let your elected officials know this is an issue you care about!
The background: Why clean cars are a win for Illinois
- Health: lower air pollutants will mean relief to people with asthma and other respiratory ailments.
- Economy: fuel-efficient vehicles will save 1.2 billion gallons of gas every year. Instead of spending their hard-earned dollars on fuel from other countries, Illinois residents will spend most of these additional funds on goods and services produced right here in Illinois.
- Environment: clean cars will reduce global warming pollution from new cars by an average of 22% by 2012 and by average of 30% by 2020
- National security: We all want to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. The Clean Car Act provides incentives for domestic automakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN: Visit CleanCarsIllinois.org
Learn more about efforts around the Midwest and other states here.
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January 24th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Thank you for not polluting and putting an effort towards saving the enviroment and stopping Global Warming.