Full Text of HR0293 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, To protect the millions of Americans who live | 3 | | near roadways or live with a lung
disease like asthma and to | 4 | | curb carbon pollution from the transportation sector, the U.S. | 5 | | Environmental Protection Agency must set a
stronger clean | 6 | | truck standard; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Heavy-duty vehicles on the road release 45 | 8 | | percent of the U.S. transportation
sector's nitrogen oxide | 9 | | (NOx) pollution, which creates ozone, the main ingredient in | 10 | | smog, and
57 percent of the transportation sector's fine | 11 | | particulate matter pollution; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Two-thirds of all Illinois residents live in | 13 | | areas that are designated by the U.S.
Environmental Protection | 14 | | Agency as areas that fail to meet minimal air quality health | 15 | | standards
for ozone under the provisions of the Clean Air Act; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Fine particulate matter is associated with an | 18 | | increased risk of premature death,
hospitalization, and | 19 | | emergency room visits, and numerous respiratory and | 20 | | cardiovascular
diseases are linked to ozone and fine | 21 | | particulate matter, such as asthma, decreased lung
function, | 22 | | heart attacks, and lung cancer; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A 2020 study estimated that more than 20,000 | 2 | | people die prematurely every year in
the United States as a | 3 | | result of the health burden from motor vehicle pollution on | 4 | | roads and
highways; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Residents living near ports, railyards, | 6 | | warehouses, and busy roads are exposed to
such high rates of | 7 | | heavy-duty vehicle pollution that experts have labeled these | 8 | | areas "diesel
death zones" because asthma rates and cancer | 9 | | risks are so drastically elevated; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Living within just one third of a mile of a | 11 | | highway or close to ports, warehouse
distribution centers, or | 12 | | other freight corridors is devastating for lung health and can | 13 | | lead
to early death; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Low-income and communities of color comprise many | 15 | | of the residents in these
regions, causing significant | 16 | | aggravated health problems and risks for these Americans; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, transportation has recently | 18 | | overtaken fossil fueled power plants as the
largest emitter of | 19 | | carbon dioxide, the largest contributing factor to global | 20 | | warming and climate
damage; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Poor and minority communities bear much of the | 2 | | brunt of climate change in Illinois,
including damage from | 3 | | flooding and excessive heat, in addition to already being | 4 | | burdened by air
pollution; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Trucks and buses only account for 4 percent of | 6 | | vehicles on the road, and yet, they are
responsible for nearly | 7 | | 25 percent of total transportation sector greenhouse gas | 8 | | emissions; emissions from trucks are the fastest growing | 9 | | source of greenhouse gases, and the number of truck miles | 10 | | traveled on the nation's roads is forecast to continue to grow | 11 | | significantly in the
coming decades; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, A strong clean truck standard will expand the | 13 | | market for new, advanced technologies
and create jobs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Over a quarter-million people were employed in | 15 | | the clean vehicle industry in 2019; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Electric trucks and buses, regardless of who owns | 17 | | them, can reduce electric bills
for all customers by using the | 18 | | electric grid to charge when electricity demand is low; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Today, at least 70 electric truck and bus models | 20 | | are on the market, and
manufacturers are expected to make many | 21 | | more new models commercially available over the
next decade; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Electric vehicles are being produced in Illinois, | 3 | | and Rivian has a contract to
produce 100,000 electric delivery | 4 | | vans within this decade at a factory in Normal; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Navistar International, headquartered in Lisle, | 6 | | is already manufacturing and selling
electric school buses and | 7 | | has begun building a facility to manufacture and sell electric | 8 | | trucks as
soon as 2022; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Multi-State Medium and Heavy Duty Zero | 10 | | Emission Vehicle Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU), organized | 11 | | by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
| 12 | | (NESCAUM), calls for 30 percent of new truck and bus sales to | 13 | | be zero-emission by 2030 and
100 percent zero-emission by | 14 | | 2050; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, | 16 | | Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, | 17 | | Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and
Washington, | 18 | | as well as the District of Columbia, have issued an MOU | 19 | | outlining a coordinated
effort to expedite the deployment of | 20 | | zero emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, This multi-state initiative is vital for enabling |
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| 1 | | the policies with regulations, and
it fosters cost-effective | 2 | | vehicle electrification needed to achieve state climate | 3 | | commitments and air
quality improvement goals; therefore, be | 4 | | it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we urge the Governor to sign the Multi-State Memorandum of | 8 | | Understanding calling for 30 percent of new truck and bus | 9 | | sales to be zero-emission by 2030 and 100 percent | 10 | | zero-emission by 2050.
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