Electric school bus carbon test: Why the EPA’s new green-school grants matter
SalonThere are currently more than half a million diesel school buses rumbling and coughing along America's roadways in 2024, carrying around 24 million students to public and private schools alike. On Monday, a trio of Harvard health and environmental scientists found that school districts would save an average of $247,600 in costs for every one of the roughly 200,000 high-emission heavy duty vehicles they replace with an electric bus. Chan School of Public Health found that lowering the number of emissions-driven deaths and childhood asthma cases — not to mention reducing negative climate impacts — by replacing old diesel buses with new electric ones via EPA funding would save about "$207,200 per bus and $40,400 per bus, respectively." The study's authors found that if the entire fleet of U.S. school buses had been replaced in 2017 with EVs, emissions-related deaths would have been reduced by around 24 times, and new childhood asthma cases would have been reduced by around 23-fold.
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EPA grants $135 million to California for electric school buses and trucks
LA TimesConcerned parents are beginning to see progress on their push for healthier electric school buses
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Electric school buses finally make headway, but hurdles still stand
The IndependentTired of diesel fumes, these moms are pushing for electric school buses
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More kids to ride in ‘clean’ school buses, mostly electric
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Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses
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EPA doubles money for electric school buses as demand soars
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Dems push $25B for electric school buses, a Biden priority
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