Bobby Monacella was tired of sending her two kids to school on buses filled with diesel fumes. Pollution levels inside those iconic yellow buses can be up to 10 times higher than outside. “They're ...

The little yellow school bus may be a hazard to children's health. Buses that burn diesel fuel release harmful particles into the air. Children on or around those buses throughout the school year are ...

Lesa Buttillo, the Bethlehem Area School District’s most-tenured school bus driver, remembers the old five-speed manual transmissions she started out on in 2003 and drove for nine and a half years ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Riding a school bus has been a mainstay of my school years. Who doesn’t remember climbing up ...

In an effort to protect children and the planet from harmful pollutants, the bipartisan infrastructure package enacted last November included up to $5 billion for the Clean School Bus program. High ...

Contribution will help Canadian transportation industry become global leader in zero-emission vehicles SAINT-EUSTACHE, QC, June 8, 2021 /CNW/ - As it continues to address the impacts of COVID-19, the ...

Polluted air could be dragging down test scores for kids, according to a recent study of students in North Carolina. Yale researchers looked at standardized test scores and pollution exposure for ...

When Southern California’s biggest transit agency adopted plans six years ago to make its entire fleet of buses pollution-free by 2030, it was a big step forward for local action on climate and air ...

Atmospheric scientists used laser technology while riding in traffic behind New York City transit buses to find out exactly how much and what type of pollution different types of buses emit in their ...

With state and federal momentum growing to replace diesel school buses with electrics, and a manufacturing plant to build those vehicles moving to the suburbs, is Illinois on the cusp of a green ...

“For over 20 years, my lips and eyes have been burning,” said Frieda ‘Miss Penny’ Morton. She tilted her glasses down to her nose and pointed to her eyes. “And my eyes are always red.” Morton contends ...