Time to Clean Up Dirty Diesel Truck Pollution in Illinois

Governor Pritzker must quickly adopt the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules that would bring tougher truck emissions standards, improve air quality, and protect frontline communities in Illinois. It's time to make Illinois a leader on clean trucks. Send a message today.

Tell Governor Pritzker to quickly adopt strong truck emission rules and safeguard public health.

Despite making up only 7% of vehicles on the road, fossil fuel-powered trucks in Illinois are responsible for a majority of the state's dangerous fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) and smog-forming gasses (NOx) from on-road transportation. This means that fossil fuel truck pollution has an outsized impact on Illinois’ air quality.

These pollutants lead to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases—including asthma, lung cancer, heart attacks, and strokes—and can cause premature death. However, the impacts of this pollution are not felt evenly. Due to historical and ongoing discrimination, transportation pollution is overwhelmingly concentrated in low-income communities and communities of color.

The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules would work together to slash health-harming air pollution from new fossil fuel trucks while increasing the number of clean, zero-emitting trucks manufacturers have to sell in Illinois. These rules will also boost Illinois growing clean transportation economy, supporting in-state investments and job creation.

Quickly transitioning to zero-emission trucks is essential to improving air quality and protecting frontline communities. Send a message to the Governor today.

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Subject Please Make Clean Truck Rules a Priority in 2023

Dear Governor Pritzker:

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I urge you to quickly adopt the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules that would protect Illinoisans from harmful fossil fuel truck emissions and clean up our air. Together, these rules will drastically reduce health-harming air pollution from new fossil fuel trucks while increasing the number of clean, zero-emitting trucks manufacturers have to sell in Illinois. These rules will also boost Illinois growing clean transportation economy, supporting in-state investments and job creation

Illinois ranks 5th among all states for the highest number of deaths from diesel pollution per capita. Enough is enough!

The ACT and HDO rules will slash greenhouse gas (GHG), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and particulate matter (PM) emissions in Illinois, resulting in 765 fewer premature deaths, 874 fewer hospital visits from breathing polluted air, and 481,090 fewer cases of acute bronchitis, exacerbated asthma, and other respiratory symptoms causing restricted activity and lost workdays by 2050.

Transportation pollution is a public health issue that disproportionately harms certain communities. Fossil fuel trucks operate along congested industrial corridors in close proximity to communities of color and low-income communities. We should not sacrifice the health of frontline communities to benefit the freight industry. All Illinoisans deserve to breathe clean air.

Please make the ACT and HDO rules a priority in 2023.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]

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