Waukegan, Ill., is an industrial suburb located about 26 miles north of Chicago’s city limits.
Nicknamed “Wauk Town,” it is the birthplace of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury and has appeared in many films including “Groundhog Day,” “Contagion,” and “The Dark Knight.”
Roughly 89,300 people call Waukegan home and that same number appears in a recent American Lung Association study called “Driving to Clean Air” that addresses the health benefits of zero-emission cars and electricity.
If the U.S. moves to 100% zero-emission new passenger vehicles sales and clean, non-combustion electricity generation by 2050, the report said, the cumulative national public health benefits due to cleaner air could result in 89,300 fewer premature deaths.
It could also lead to $978 billion in public health benefits, 2.2 million fewer asthma attacks, and 10.7 million fewer lost workdays.
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