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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Docs to Pritzker: Truck diesel pollution is killing Illinoisans

Some Chicago communities, such as Little Village, have an abundance of diesel truck traffic, and that’s contributing to early deaths and disease, doctors say. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times file)

More than 130 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to save Illinoisans’ lives by speeding up the state’s transition to electric trucks that will reduce the amount of diesel fuel air pollution. 

In a letter to the governor this week, the health professionals asked Pritzker to sign a pact with a group of other states that are setting goals for phasing out diesel fuel engines with near-term targets as early as 2030. 

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