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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.
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Public transportation gets people where they’re going while emitting far fewer climate-warming greenhouse gases than private...
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