FUNDS FOR * USA - State hopes to clean up buses
Alamo,TX,US -The Monitor (McAllen,TX,USA), by Ryan Holeywell -21 Sept 2008: -- ... The state environmental agency is encouraging school districts across Texas to invest in technology to cut down on school bus emissions... Districts can apply for a total of $8 million in grants to fund devices that attach to the buses and help reduce their pollution... More than 36,000 buses carry an estimated 1.3 million Texas students every day, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. About a third of those buses are at least 10 years old and emit elevated levels of pollutants... State and local leaders say it's critical that districts work to cut back on those emissions to protect the health of bus drivers and students alike...
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