Electrifying the world’s gas-guzzlers isn’t just necessary to prevent a climate disaster — it could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States, and millions of lives worldwide as pollution continues to extract a disproportionate toll on the poor.
According to the International Council on Clean Transportation, humanity could avoid 8.8 million premature deaths due to air pollution from cars and trucks if all vehicles were 100 percent emission-free…
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