The EPA made $500 million available for clean buses in May, but is increasing that to $965 million for districts across the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is doubling the money available for the purchase of electric school buses, saying it’s a response from an increased demand by school districts nationwide.
School districts from all 50 states have applied for rebates under the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, which aims to replace traditional diesel school buses with low- and zero-emission models in the next five years. The agency says more than 90 percent of buses requested by districts were for zero-emission electric buses. Nearly 9 percent of applications were for propane buses and 1 percent were for compressed natural gas buses.
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