An estimated 110,000 lives could be saved in the U.S. by 2050 if the country migrates fully to cleaner cars and power stations. 

And according to a study from the American Lung Association, there would also be roughly three million fewer asthma attacks. 

In New York, pollution is believed to cause more than 3,000 deaths a year and overwhelmingly impacts lower income communities. 

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