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Electrify School Buses
Join us in calling on local, state, and national leaders to act now to protect our kids by transitioning to all-electric school bus fleets by year 2030!

The Issue:
Diesel exhaust contains more than 40 toxic air contaminants – including arsenic, benzene and formaldehyde – and it has been classified by the EPA as a likely carcinogen. About 95% percent of school buses run on diesel, traveling over 4 billion miles each year.

Up to 26 million children travel on our nation's 480,000 buses back and forth to school each day — spending over 3 billion hours on school buses. Children riding on diesel buses are exposed to 4 times more air pollutants than the general population!

Health Impacts:
Diesel exhaust can cause respiratory illness, chronic respiratory inflammation and trigger asthma attacks. It's also linked to negative impacts on children’s lung growth and academic performance. Children are especially vulnerable to the impacts of diesel pollution because of their developing lungs and higher respiratory rate than that of adults.

Solution:
There are big savings to electric school buses. They have lower operating costs — 19 cents per mile compared to diesel buses at 82 cents per mile! Electric school buses also save families money in avoided healthcare expenses resulting from cleaner air. And they don't contribute to air pollution, so little lungs breathe easier by avoiding daily exposure to over 40 toxic chemicals.

Our children's deserve healthy air while traveling to and from school. Electric school buses protect their health, save money for families and school districts, and they don't contribute to air pollution.

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Your Senators, Your Congressperson, Your State Legislators, Your Mayor

Subject: Support Electric School Buses

Message:

Dear Elected Official, Diesel exhaust contains more than 40 toxic air contaminants – including arsenic, benzene and formaldehyde – and it has been classified by the EPA as a likely carcinogen. About 95% percent of school buses run on diesel, traveling over 4 billion miles each year. And up to 26 million children travel on our nation's 480,000 buses back and forth to school each day — spending over 3 billion hours on school buses.  Children riding on diesel buses are exposed to 4 times more air pollutants than the general population. Diesel exhaust can cause respiratory illness, chronic respiratory inflammation and trigger asthma attacks. It's also linked to negative impacts on children’s lung growth and academic performance. Children are especially vulnerable to the impacts of diesel pollution because of their developing lungs and higher respiratory rate than that of adults. By transitioning our fleets to electric school buses, there are big savings to both the municipality, school districts, and families. Electric school buses have lower operating costs —19 cents per mile compared to diesel buses at 82 cents per mile! When not running, like in the summer, they can send stored energy back to the grid — easing the load on the grid. Electric school buses also save families money in avoided healthcare expenses resulting from cleaner air. Asthma attacks are the number one reason children miss school and parents miss work — and diesel exhaust is a potent asthma trigger. And electric school buses don't contribute to air pollution, so little lungs breathe easier by avoiding daily exposure to over 40 toxic chemicals. While the initial investment of an electric school bus is $120,000 more than diesel school buses, the lifetime fuel and maintenance savings of electric school buses are around $170,000. Options to fund an electric school bus include municipal bonds, local option transportation taxes, and existing local, state, regional and federal grant and incentive programs — like Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. Our children's deserve healthy air while traveling to and from school. Electric school buses protect their health, save money for families, school districts, and municipalities and they don't contribute to air pollution. Please support transitioning the school bus fleet to electric. Thank you so much for your time,

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