around it. this is exactly what we have to do with regard to electric vehicles. this deal is also going to help our cities and towns and schools to deploy electric buses, 35,000 electric school buses are accounted for. there are about 475,000 school buses in this country. 95% of them, like the one you had here are you okay, honey? sure? you took a little bit of a tumble. 95% of them run on diesel. so every day more than 25 million kids and thousands of bus drivers breathe polluted air on the way to and from school. diesel air pollution is linked to asthma and other health problems. it causes students to get sick and miss time in school. we don t i know the city of
our cities and towns, our school districts deploy electric buses. 35,000 electric school busses are accounted for. there are about 475,000 school busses in this country. 95% of them, like the ones you had here is he okay, honey? sure? he took a little bit of a tumble. 95% of them run on diesel. so every day more than 25 million kids and thousands of bus drivers breathe polluted air on the way to and from school. diesel air pollution is linked to asthma and other health problems. it hurts communities. it causes students to get sick and miss time in school. we owe it to our kids to clean up the school busses, and this deal will help do just that. i know that the city of lacrosse is getting two electric transit
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection issued the following announcement on Oct. 14.
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced the availability of up to $767,000 in federal funds for grants to local and state governments, as well as businesses and organizations, who want to replace large, older diesel engines with electric vehicle equivalents or newer, cleaner-burning engines.
The funding, which is provided under the federal Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), covers up to 60% of the cost of new technology to replace older diesel engines. The use of new technologies can reduce air pollution as much as 80% in addition to saving money in operating costs by decreasing fuel consumption.