School districts around the U.S. are starting to convert their fleets from dirty diesel buses to pollution-free electric ones, sparking a transformation in how the country’s 25 million schoolkids get to school every day.
Electric school buses not only get kids to school with no exhaust and no pollution, they save school districts money, create jobs, protect the climate, and help communities with a backup energy supply. It truly doesn’t get much better than this.
Federal climate bills passed last year made billions available for electric school buses, putting school districts in a prime position to move ahead on electric school buses. It’s time to hit the accelerator on clean rides for kids.
Electric buses save kids’ lungs
- Diesel is dirty: Diesel exhaust produces some of the most toxic pollution in existence that fouls the air in our neighborhoods and directly hurts kids…
Read the full article originally published at earthjustice.org.