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California expands its electric school bus fleet as federal freeze paused efforts elsewhere
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California expands its electric school bus fleet as federal freeze paused efforts elsewhere

  • The Associated Press

California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road. Gov. Gavin Newsom's office announced Wednesday that 1,000 zero-emission school buses and related charging infrastructure will be provided to over 130 rural, low-income and disadvantaged school districts. It comes as cuts and freezes of federal grants paused efforts in other states to replace aging diesel-fueled fleets that are more polluting. In California, the efforts do not rely on federal money primarily but rather proceeds from its cap-and-trade program. The program caps carbon emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits for each ton of carbon they release.

PENINSULA SEEN: Local artist Nick Cahill
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PENINSULA SEEN: Local artist Nick Cahill

  • by Michael Davis, Peninsula Seen Sponsored Post Writer
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Nick Cahill grew up locally in San Mateo and graduated from Aragon High School. At the age of 18, he picked up a camera to take photos and vid…