Solutions for
climate change
and air quality

Now’s the time to adopt cleaner fuels and energy sources for our environment

Your fuel and energy choices make a difference—for yourself, your community, and your world.

Fossil fuels used in transportation are a leading source of air pollution that can lead to lung disease, respiratory illness, and premature death. Criteria pollutants, such as particulate matter, ground-level ozone, and other toxins, harm our health and environment. Common greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide and methane, also contribute to climate change, a serious threat to human health.

There is no single solution to reduce our exposure to harmful air pollutants. That’s why the American Lung Association’s Department of Clean Air Initiatives encourages multiple alternative fuels and energy sources to address these challenges through our award-winning Clean Air Choice® program.

Now’s the time to learn more about better choices for cleaner air and a healthier future.

Clean Air Choice can help.

Reducing Emissions for Cleaner, Healthier Air

Your choices can make a difference. Selecting cleaner fuels is a way individuals and fleets can reduce harmful emissions and create a healthy environment for future generations.

Powerful vehicles providing a clean solution to reducing emissions

Blends up to E85 reduce emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles

Renewable, drop-in alternative to petroleum diesel fuel

Control exhaust, minimize idle time or improve engine efficiency

Clean Air Choice: Your resource for healthier fuel options

American Lung Association launched the Clean Air Choice program in 1999 to educate consumers about how fuel and energy choices affect the environment and air quality.

We help retailers, fleets, and stakeholders promote cleaner fuel and energy options through customized education and outreach programs in collaboration with public and private partners.

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Upcoming Events

This webinar is for anyone interested in learning more about the possibilities and perils of SAF, especially those working within state agencies, agriculture, economic development, advocacy, and academia. During the webinar, we will unpack what SAF is and how it fits into decarbonizing emissions from aviation, discuss the Minnesota Sustainable Aviation Fuels Guiding Principles created by partner organizations Fresh Energy, Friends of the Mississippi River, and The Nature Conservancy, and explain what could be next for SAF in Minnesota and beyond.

Join us as we launch our newest all-electric carshare hub at Mill City Quarter Apartments on November 21 from 1-2 pm. The new electric hub is part of our Multifamily Electric Vehicle Carshare Pilot Project, a partnership with Minnesota Clean Cities Coalition, HourCar, Xcel Energy with support from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Focused on affordable housing sites, the Multifamily Project provides clean, affordable transportation options to communities around the Twin Cities. Through this project, HOURCAR is increase electric vehicle access to underserved communities.

2025 EV Outlook

December 6 @ 11:00 am

The electric vehicle (EV) landscape continues to evolve swiftly, bringing new models and changes to buying incentives. During this webinar we’ll dive into timing considerations for potential EV buyers, market trends in the U.S. and abroad, the new and used EV market, updates on the charging plug standards, and more.

December 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a Renewable Diesel Working Group meeting on December 11, 2024, 3 - 4 pm CT.