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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Rotary unveils updated 'green' inground lift

Rotary Lift introduces its updated MOD30 environmentally friendly inground lift at the American Public Transportation Association EXPO 2011. The lift includes an ultra-low-profile version of the company's patented universal saddle adapter, and both of the lift's saddle adapters offer a greater adjustment range.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2011

Thomas Built celebrates environmental achievements

The school bus manufacturer has zero-waste-to-landfill operations, meaning that everything received or produced by Thomas Built is used, reused, recycled or sold, and nothing is sent to a landfill. The company is also participating in a solar panel project, and all of its manufacturing facilities became ISO 14001 certified last year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2011

REMINDER: Tips for promoting the importance of school buses

A free web seminar this Thursday that is sponsored by the American School Bus Council and presented by SBF will offer guidance on communicating the environmental, economic, educational and safety benefits of the yellow bus.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2011

Tips for promoting the importance of school buses

A free web seminar sponsored by the American School Bus Council and presented by SBF will offer guidance on communicating the environmental, economic, educational and safety benefits of the yellow bus.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2011

Texas district receives $2M to purchase propane buses

Houston Independent School District receives a total of $2,120,500 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Railroad Commission of Texas to help buy the buses. The money will fund 70 percent of the cost, with the district covering the rest.

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Newsby StaffNovember 11, 2010

Los Angeles district opens new CNG fueling facility

The facility will support 317 school buses powered by the alternative fuel. It is the latest effort from the district to operate environmentally-friendly buses; it is also replacing older buses with hybrid units and buses powered by biodiesel and propane.

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Newsby StaffOctober 12, 2010

ASBC offers presentations on school bus benefits

The industry coalition’s Yellow School Bus Champions program provides 5-, 10- and 30-minute presentations that are available for download. They cover the safety, educational and environmental advantages of school bus use.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2010

Case study: District sees benefits from running propane buses

A study by the Propane Education and Research Council reports that the Los Angeles Unified School District considered the environmental and safety advantages when deciding to operate its buses on the alternative fuel.

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ProductsJuly 28, 2010

SPEC Pak Connector Series

The SPEC (Sealed Power for Environmental Connections) Pak Connector Series can be used wherever a waterproof, high-power signal and ground interconnect solution is required.

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Newsby StaffJuly 23, 2010

Texas PTA praised for providing 'clean bus' grants

Michael Williams of the Texas Railroad Commission commends the association’s bestowal of a $95,654 Clean School Bus grant to Leander ISD and a $110,889 grant to Silsbee ISD for buying propane-powered school buses. Williams cites the environmental and economic benefits of utilizing the alternative fuel.

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