Explainers

Electric vehicles are a cleaner alternative to gasoline- or diesel-powered cars and trucks—both in terms of harmful air pollution, and the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change.

Air pollution, which comes from many of the same sources as the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, is one of the largest threats to human health worldwide.

Wildfires are becoming larger and more severe as a result of climate change, as forests in arid parts of the world become hotter and drier.