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Update: Utah Lawmaker Wants to Help Fund Bus Replacement Program

A bill cleared the House today that would appropriate millions of dollars for a bus replacement program for school districts so they can switch...

Oklahoma Senator and DERA Advocate Is Keynote Speaker at NSTA Annual Meeting

Senator James Inhofe is scheduled to open the 49th annual National School Transportation Association Annual Meeting and Convention, scheduled for July 20-24 in Tulsa,...

NY Clean School Bus Grants Program Renewed, Expanded

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is continuing to accept applications for round three of its Clean Air School Bus...

EPA Selects Clean Diesel School Bus Rebate Program Awardees

The Environmental Protection Agency selected applicant awardees for its pilot Clean Diesel School Bus Rebate Program. Officials said the agency received...

EPA and Utah Receive Inaugural School Bus Champion Awards for Clean School Bus Endeavors

The U.S. EPA and the state of Utah each received an inaugural award recognizing advancements in reduced emissions for school buses during the final...

Hybrid-Electric School Buses: Coming Around the Mountain?

School buses make many starts and stops. Thus, like refuse trucks, UPS trucks, FedEx trucks and transit buses, school buses are an ideal application...

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Status

GAFFNEY, S.C. -- Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a leader in sustainability efforts, is the first chassis manufacturer and first company within the trucking...

Navistar and Modec Sign Joint Venture to Produce and Market All-Electric Truck

WARRENVILLE, Ill. – Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) announced today that one of its wholly owned affiliates has signed a joint venture agreement with...

Navistar Delivers First 2010 Certified Engines to School Bus Industry

WARRENVILLE, Ill. – In a ceremony held earlier today at the Columbus, Miss., Municipal School District, Navistar (NYSE: NAV) delivered the first school buses...

A Brand New Day

It’s good to be ahead of the curve, especially considering from where Marianne Cleary began. She was anxious about her first grant-writing experience as...

Green Heat

School districts in some of the colder states are beginning to see a two-fold benefit to installing engine heaters on their buses. Not only...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

STN speaks with the environmental advocate on alternative choices and what the feds can do to help His name is synonymous with leadership and...

Navistar Issues Statement on Fuel Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Heavy Trucks

WARRENVILLE, Ill. - In response to the regulatory proposal to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from medium and heavy-duty trucks...

Congress Reauthorizes Diesel Emission Reduction Act

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a five-year extension of DERA, the nation's grant program to clean up diesel emissions, prior to entering...

Feds, California Working Together on Next Generation of Fuel Standards, Emissions Reductions

The U.S. Department of Transportation, the EPA and the California Air Resources Board announced a single time frame for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse...

Thomas Built Buses Becomes ‘Zero-Waste-to-Landfill’ Certified

Thomas announced that it is the first school bus OEM to achieve "Zero-Waste-to-Landfill" operations. Starting this past January, Thomas no longer...

New York School Districts Find Bus Alternatives with Federal Grants

Students attending 11 school districts in upstate New York will soon be riding on alternative-fuel school buses secured by $13.3 million in American Recovery...

Quoting Kermit the Frog on Earth Day

According to the famous Muppet Kermit the Frog, “It’s not easy being green.” I think this is true for our environment and school...

Navistar Solidifies Its Environmental Leadership Commitment on Earth Day 2011

WARRENVILLE, Ill.- On Earth Day, Navistar (NYSE: NAV) is marking that it is seeing a growing demand for sustainable technology across its business divisions....