Supporting Clean Cars is a Moral Imperative

By GEORGE DEMPSIE

As people of faith, we vote our values, and our values include caring for creation and the most vulnerable among us. It is our poor, our young and our afflicted brothers and sisters that suffer most from air pollution and environmental degradation. This is why we are calling on our leaders to fight for life-saving federal clean car standards that reduce the impacts of pollution that harm our health and our planet.

In Pennsylvania, transportation is a major source of dangerous smog and climate-warming emissions. In Blair County alone, there are more than 12,500 cases of...