Superfund cleaning monies have dwindled in the past 20 years to a fraction of what’s needed for cleanup, leaving one in six Americans living within three miles of a dangerously toxic site.
It will take a long time to electrify the nation’s bus fleet. But a new study says the right mix of financing measures and government subsidies could supercharge the nation’s school bus fleet within the decade.
school bus fleet within the decade.
As the logistical challenges of electrifying the nation’s city bus fleets continues to stymie transit agencies, a the new U.S. Public Interest Research Group report reveals that the electric school transportation vehicles, with their comparatively simple schedules and routes, are actually “ready to roll” right now if districts can just solve the problem of how to pay for what would be a game-changer for our national climate outlook.
By some measures, the school bus industry actually represents the largest mass transit program in the U.S., boasting 480,000 vehicles that are responsible for 10 billion students trips every single year. (By contrast, Americans take about 9.9 billion trips per year on the grown-up public transportation system, but that includes
Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) during a press conference last year on recycling and plastic waste legislation. Francis Chung/E&E News
Industry and environmentalists are hoping to revive recycling legislation buried by the coronavirus pandemic, with some lawmakers already on board.
Bills aimed at addressing everything from recycling infrastructure and education to a crackdown on plastics are set to make a return in the 117th Congress, indicating last year s surge of interest in the sector has staying potential.
While industry leaders and environmental advocates said they anticipate competing priorities may hinder chances of passage, they also voiced hope around long-term odds of success.