🚍✨ Exciting news for National Drive Electric Week!
New Jersey is committing $15 million to fund 48 electric school buses, ensuring cleaner air for our children and communities. Plus, we’re launching the New Jersey Fleet Advisor program to help small fleets transition to zero-emission vehicles. Together, we’re driving towards a greener future!
Read the entire press release at: https://t.co/QYGFM8D4fr
#DriveElectricWeek #SustainableNJ
The World Resources Institute's Electric School Bus Initiative heralds the historic vote last week by workers at Blue Bird in Fort Valley, Georgia to join the United Steelworkers Union.
Read our full statement👇 https://t.co/QNUclUywUG
#ElectricSchoolBuses are hitting the road nationwide! Check out this overview of the exciting trends in our latest data, from @axios. https://t.co/xnI1VDXtFc
Love some good ESB data, though I'm partial to this map (s/o @leah_lazer and Lydia Freehafer) where you can see committed ESBs in all 50 states + DC & PR 👀 https://t.co/LSJKqE1Wtf @ESBInitiative#CleanRide4Kids
The momentum for a #CleanRide4Kids just keeps building!🚍⚡️
Under @EPA’s new proposed standards for cars, trucks and buses (including school buses!), we would avoid 10 billion tons of CO2 emissions – which is equivalent to nearly *twice* the total U.S. carbon emissions in 2022.
The batteries powering #ElectricSchoolBuses are extensively-tested, held to the highest safety standards and ready to power the ESB transition.
Learn more! 👇 https://t.co/l1pgnLvu81
Communities most impacted by harmful diesel pollution deserve to be the first communities to benefit from a #CleanRide4Kids.
From @NSBAPublicEd, the @ESBInitiative’s Carla Walker discusses how to make that happen👇 https://t.co/Kj1XywkgDg
New polling from @DataProgress, in collaboration with @WRIClimate, finds that 54% of Americans are supportive of the #Justice40 Initiative and its goals to deliver #EnvironmentalJustice to underserved communities across the United States.
https://t.co/BeQLdovKDW
It was great to speak with @CNBC about the benefits of #ElectricSchoolBuses – and to see them in action at @fcpsnews!
With ESBs on the way in all 50 states, the electric school bus moment is here! And, it's crucial that the transition centers equity.
https://t.co/UzMqSQv7DS
The news this week has made it clear that the #ElectricSchoolBus revolution has begun! In @thehill, WRI US Director @Dlashof and @ESBInitiative Director @Sue_Gander offer their recommendations for how to build on existing momentum.
Read it now ⬇️
https://t.co/fC8KBeHhtx
🚨 NEWS: Today the @EPA announced nearly $1 BILLION in Clean School Bus Program Funding – and due to overwhelming demand, 95% of school buses funded are #ElectricSchoolBuses!
Read the @ESBInitiative statement on this historic moment: https://t.co/MIoTwmadyg
The brand-new @ESBInitiative website is HERE!
It’s a one-stop-shop for #ElectricSchoolBus information, resources, datasets & more from across the ESB movement: https://t.co/8Dxl6QCfbL
What exactly does it feature? A thread🧵👇
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