The Biden administration has allocated nearly $1 billion to swap out traditional school buses with low- and zero-emission buses, aiming to cut down air pollution around schools and communities.

Low-income rural and tribal communities make up about 86% of those benefiting from the program’s funding.

The Biden administration has allocated nearly $1 billion to swap out traditional school buses with low- and zero-emission buses, aiming to cut down air pollution around schools and communities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that through their Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition, 67 recipients will be given funds to buy over 2,700 clean school buses. These buses will serve 280 school districts and benefit more than 7 million students in 37 states.

  • helenslunch
    3·
    6 months ago

    As of 2023, over 90% of the school buses use diesel

    The other 9.5% are gas presumably

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
      7·
      6 months ago

      Natural gas, most likely. The natural gas industry has made a big push in the last few years to try to paint themselves as a cleaner alternative.

        • PastyWaterSnake@lemmy.world
          7·
          6 months ago

          I don’t say this to promote fossil fuels whatsoever, but different fossil fuels are better or worse in different ways. Natural gas IIRC is one of the worst fossil fuels for greenhouse gas emissions short-term, especially with leaks and partially combusted fuel, but it dissipates much faster than the alternatives, with much lower CO2 emissions as well (something like 7 year half-life vs a thousand years). It’s definitely not clean and comes with its own set of problems, but let’s not assume all fossil fuels are created equal.

          I am 100% for switching away from all fossil fuels, and I don’t like natural gas being advertised as “clean”, but I feel this is important to note.