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Clean transportation

Shifting to electric vehicles and sustainable fuels

The problem: Global transportation harms our climate, accounting for roughly one-quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. The pollution from transportation powered by fossil fuels also harms our health, causing lung disease, heart problems and more than 6 million premature deaths a year.

What we’re doing about it: We’re driving the transition to electric vehicles, sustainable aviation fuels and zero-emission shipping, prioritizing the communities most burdened by pollution. We advocate the use of cleaner fuels everywhere — to save lives and strengthen the global economy.

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Impact by the numbers

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    The percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions that come from transportation

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    Number of lives saved by 2050 if all new heavy-duty trucks and buses sold in the U.S. release zero emissions by 2040

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    Investments in EV manufacturing that have been announced in the U.S. over a decade

Our work cleaning up the global transportation system

Clean transportation resources

Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.

Our clean transportation experts

We bring wide-ranging perspectives and skills to making transportation cleaner. Meet some of the people who make it happen.

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