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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2009

Propane grants will fund purchase of 245 buses

AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of $12.6 million to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state...

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Newsby StaffAugust 24, 2009

Teen heads successful campaign for clean school buses

PITTSBURGH — Peter Bartholomew, an incoming Pittsburgh Public Schools high school student, is campaigning for cleaner school buses. Bartholome...

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Newsby StaffAugust 18, 2009

Durham takes delivery of hybrid-electric school bus

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Durham School Services has received the first of its two NEXBUS hybrid-electric school buses from Collins Bus Corp. The f...

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Newsby StaffAugust 12, 2009

New Thomas Built hybrid to be shown at Arizona dealership

PHOENIX — School district officials throughout the state will have an opportunity to view and test drive Thomas Built Buses’ new Saf-T-Liner C2e hybr...

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Newsby StaffAugust 5, 2009

Adopt-A-Watt provides bus stop lights, green project funds to local schools

TAYLOR, Mich. — As approved by a unanimous vote by the Board of Education last month, the Taylor School District will acquire solar school bus stop l...

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2009

Michigan environmental agency awarded EPA grant

GRAND LEDGE, Mich. — Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities (GLACC) has been awarded a $1.07 million grant from the EPA to reduce school bus emissions in ...

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Newsby StaffJuly 29, 2009

EPA awards $2.4M to NSTA for Midwest projects

CHICAGO — EPA Region 5 has awarded more than $2.4 million to the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) to replace older school buses and ...

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Newsby StaffJuly 29, 2009

Collins completes first hybrid Type A school bus

SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Collins Bus Corp. has completed the manufacture of its first NEXBUS hybrid-electric school bus. The Type A bus is built on a...

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2009

3 Texas districts purchase propane-powered buses

Three Texas school districts — Alvin Independent School District (ISD), Angleton ISD and Lindale ISD — are adding Blue Bird Corp. Propane-Powered Vis...

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Newsby StaffJuly 15, 2009

California districts receive $46M for air quality measures

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) last week awarded nearly $43 million to help Southern California school ...

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