If you need another reason: climate change, smog & pregnancy

MINNESOTA GOVERNOR Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, was on The Brian Lehrer Show today. Asked what he thought about climate change, he said that while he's not completely convinced, he knows that pollution causes enough problems to convince him that we should fight it. He could have added that Peak Oil problems will come back when the economy recovers (or even if it doesn't).

Here's another reason to fight pollution: a team from the University of California, Irvine, has shown that pregnant women who live within 1.9 miles of a major roadway in Los Angeles are 128% more at risk for premature births. How about pregnant women, or anyone else, who spends 3 to 4 hours a day in congested traffic, breathing the exhaust from the car in front of them?

Discovery, via treehugger