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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.
The Shawnee Public Schools, a 3,300-student district about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City in a county that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump, figured the nearly $1.5 million for the four buses would be reimbursed through an Environmental Protection Agency program. The exhaust from these dirty buses exposes them, their parents and school staff to harmful pollutants like fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide, which can lead to health issues such as asthma and heart disease. When the EPA funding was put on hold, the district turned to the state of Maryland, which has a similar grant program, and is hoping it covers the cost.
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