EPA Touts Multiple Benefits While Ramping Up Electric School Bus Funds

EPA is ramping up funding awards via its Clean School Bus program created by the 2021 infrastructure law, issuing nearly $1 billion in grants aimed overwhelmingly toward electric buses, and touting the move as a victory for the Biden administration’s environmental and economic agenda. With the Jan. 8 rollout, the EPA has now awarded roughly $2 billion, or about 40 percent of the $5 billion program’s overall funding. EPA officials are also highlighting the program’s benefit of helping localities attain...