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EPA doubles money for electric school buses as demand soars

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris, right, laughs with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, during a tour of electric school buses at Meridian High School in Falls Church, Va., May 20, 2022. The EPA said Thursday, Sept. 29, that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - An electric school bus, leased by Beverly Public Schools in Beverly, Mass., receives a charge at a charging station in a bus yard, Oct. 21, 2021, in Beverly, Mass. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, Sept. 29, that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation. (AP Photo/Michael Casey, File) FILE - An electric school bus, leased by Beverly Public Schools in Beverly, Mass., rests in a bus yard, Oct. 21, 2021, in Beverly, Mass. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, Sept. 29, that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation. (AP Photo/Michael Casey, File)