US EditionSchools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze
- Across the U.S., over 500 school districts await approximately $1 billion from the EPA for electric buses.
- These districts planned to replace aging, diesel buses to reduce pollution and improve student health using EPA funds.
- The EPA funding delay impacts districts like Shawnee, waiting on $1.5 million, and Prince George's County, needing $5 million.
- Transportation official John Wiles noted the investment was made expecting timely rebate delivery.
- The funding freeze causes financial strain, potentially delaying electric bus adoption and harming student health.
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Schools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze
Hundreds of school districts around the U.S. may have to abandon plans to acquire electric buses after the EPA froze the latest round of money that was part of President Biden’s infrastructure law.
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