New York’s Governor wants school bus fleets across the state to run clean in the next decade. Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed that new school bus purchases be zero-emission vehicles by 2027, and all school buses be emission-free by 2035…
Deb Peck Kelleher with the Alliance for Clean Energy New York suggests in inner cities, high asthma rates may be caused by diesel emissions, and she thinks moving to electric school buses can help lower those numbers…
Kelleher says operating electric vehicles is more affordable than their diesel-powered counterparts. There are more than 50-thousand school buses operating in New York state.