Environmental initiative * USA - Seeks to filter emissions
The quest for cleaner, greener busesLongview,TX,USA -The News Journal, by ADAM J. HOLLAND -December 18, 2007: -- A state agency is trying to get school transportation departments involved in cleaning up the air for the students on board school buses... A new initiative from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality pays for voluntary school bus emissions control upgrades, which is why some busing bosses have said they want in on it... Launched in November, the Texas Clean School Bus program makes $7.5 million in reimbursement grants available to install pollution control devices on diesel school buses. The commission reports the devices reduce particulate matter emissions that can aggravate respiratory problems, asthma and allergies in passengers... (Photo by Jacob Croft Botter/News-Journal: Children walk to the buses at Pine Tree Primary School in Longview)
* Pollution inside and from Sumner school buses will be reduced, officials say
Nashville,TN,USA -The Tennessean -17 Dec 2007: -- The air inside dozens of Sumner County school buses and that pours from the vehicles' tailpipes will be cleaner with the help of a newly awarded $250,000 federal grant, state officials say... The EPA grant will help pay to retrofit 40-50 buses in Sumner County’s 220-bus fleet with new high-tech filters and ventilation systems... Particles in emissions that result from burning diesel fuel will be reduced by about 85 percent, and carbon monoxide pollution will be cut 60-80 percent, according to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation... EPA Regional Administrator Jimmy Palmer presented the grant award to Environment and Conservation Deputy Commissioner Paul Sloan at a Thursday ceremony in Oak Ridge...
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