Pollutants

• Car exhaust emits many types of pollutants including hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
  
  

Natural Disasters

• The extra heat in our atmosphere from car pollution can cause our weather patterns to become unpredictable. These actions may lead to more natural disaster catastrophes.
  
  

Health

• According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, car pollutants cause ground-level ozone which damages your lungs and is extremely harmful to people who have asthma and other types of lung disease.
  
  

Climate Change

• According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arctic temperatures have risen twice as much as the temperatures in the rest of the world. This raise in temperature is causing our polar ice caps to melt.
  
  

What You Can Do

• Drive less, use public transportation and walk more. Purchase cars that get good gas mileage. Keep your car in good shape with good tires and regular oil changes. A car that is fine-tuned will get better gas mileage, emitting less pollution.