By a wide majority, Illinois residents say they want cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars, sooner rather than later, and they are willing to pay more up front for them. Read the full article.

A recent poll found that 89 percent of Illinois respondents support clean car legislation provided they could make up the difference in two years. The Daily Herald outlines the results of the poll or you can look at the complete poll results here.

Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would adopt California’s standard for fuel efficiency. The clean car legislation would reduce pollution, improve the region’s health and reducing global warming pollution-while also improving the area’s economy. In this video, Environmental Law & Policy Center Senior Advocate Joe Shacter describes the benefits of clean cars for Illinois.

The benefits of clean cars legislation would save state drivers approximately $1.24 billion annually in fuel costs according to a new report, Dollars and Sense: The Economic Impacts of Adopting a Clean Cars Program in Illinois.  Drivers in Cook County alone stand to save $385 million per year from the measure.

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Cleaning up car exhaust could reduce toxins in the air by about 20 percent in 20 years, a study released Tuesday suggests.

The study was released as part of a push Tuesday by environmental groups asking Illinois lawmakers to raise pollution standards on cars sold in the state over the next decade or so. Read the full Bloomington Pantagraph article.