Coverage dated October 25, 2022

Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses

Headline from KING 5 Seattle

The new, mostly electric school buses will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and better protect children’s health.

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  1. KING 5 Seattle

    Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses (opens KING 5 Seattle)

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    The new, mostly electric school buses will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and better protect children’s health.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    EPA awarding nearly $1 billion to schools for electric buses (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Nearly 400 school districts across the country are receiving grants totaling about $1 billion to purchase 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making

  3. Fox7 Austin

    US government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Only about 1% of the nation’s 480,000 school buses were electric as of last year. Funding comes from the federal Clean School Bus Program, which includes $5 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law.

  4. Scientific American

    Electric School Bus Fleet Will Quadruple with $1 Billion in Funding (opens Scientific American)

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    A $1-billion investment will help school districts around the U.S. beef up their electric school bus fleets—a move that advocates called a “total game changer”

  5. Fox News

    EPA spends nearly $1 billion on electric school buses amid nationwide bus driver shortage (opens Fox News)

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    The infrastructure law signed in 2021 is being used to fund the purchase of nearly $1 billion worth of electric school buses, part of a push to reduce pollution around schools.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    VP Harris celebrates $1B award to schools for electric buses (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Nearly 400 school districts across the country are receiving grants totaling about $1 billion to purchase 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making

  7. Gopusa

    Spending: EPA announces nearly $1B for schools to purchase ‘clean buses’ (opens Gopusa)

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    The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will award nearly $1 billion to 389 school districts around the country to purchase more than 2,400 "clean school buses." The funds, which are coming from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed earlier, are being made available through the Environmen…

  8. Triblive

    2 Washington County school districts among those benefit from $1B in federal grants for electric buses (opens Triblive)

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    WASHINGTON — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program.

  9. Tulsa World

    More kids to ride in 'clean' school buses, mostly electric (opens Tulsa World)

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    Nearly 400 school districts across the country are receiving grants totaling about $1 billion to purchase 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making

  10. The Washington Free Beacon

    Biden Admin Drops $1 Billion on Electric School Buses (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    (Reuters)—The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled nearly $1 billion in awards to U.S. school districts to replace aging, gas-fueled school buses with cleaner, mainly electric models.

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