Support Greener & Healthier School Buses

Please continue to fund and expand electric school bus programs

Dear Administrator Regan, Thank you for the EPA's work to support the transition to healthier electric buses from ones powered by dirty diesel. This work will help protect our climate and the health of our children from breathing in dirty smog from fossil fuel vehicles. Electric school buses produce zero emissions at the tailpipe, ensuring children and drivers can breathe clean air. Diesel exhaust is proven to worsen asthma, cause heart disease, and lead to cancer, as well as cause kids to miss school and perform worse on academic tests. Transitioning the nation's school bus fleet to electric models will prioritize our children's, driver’s and community’s health. I encourage you to work to secure additional funding, so that we can ensure children nationwide are breathing cleaner air as soon as possible. This action is also critical to helping the United States meet its climate and clean energy goals. Please continue investing to support school districts nationwide in transitioning to electric buses. Thank you.