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Diesel Exhaust, School Buses and Children’s Health

DIESEL EXHAUST, SCHOOL BUSES AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH Background and epidemiology: Most North American school buses and transport trucks are powered by diesel fuelled engines. Diesel has become the fuel of choice because it is considered more economical. However, as evidence grows about the connection between diesel exhaust, air pollution and ill health, so does public […]

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School Buses May Foul Air for Many Years

October 11, 2005 – New York City’s fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest.

In a city with asthma rates so high that in some neighborhoods — Harlem, for example — one in four children has the disease, officials have found that efforts to reduce harmful emissions from school buses are hindered by the age of the fleet and by the fact that the buses are owned not by the city, but by outside companies.

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Daimler Dumps Gas-Powered Truck Bid to Build CO2-Neutral Fleet

DAIMLER DUMPS GAS-POWERED TRUCK BID TO BUILD CO2-NEUTRAL FLEET October 25, 2019 – Daimler AG is quitting development of natural-gas powered trucks to pool resources for electric and hydrogen rigs that can advance its goal of offering a CO2-neutral fleet in its main markets by 2039. The world’s biggest truckmaker is already working on battery-electric […]

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