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EPA’s Clean School Bus Awards Carry High Social and Environmental Costs

by Danielle Marie Holland

Some Washington State students will feel the impact of a $14,898,500 funding investment in low or no-emission school buses in the coming academic year, based in part on the work established in the Biden–Harris Administration’s Investing in America initiative. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced these awards as part of its Clean School Bus Program’s grants competition, which aims to support sustainable transportation in schools. This initiative aligns with the presidential administration’s expressed commitment to investing in the future of education and the environment.

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A Duwamish Valley Truck Electrification Program Looks to Reduce Air Pollution

by Tushar Khurana

But the program faces a legacy of driver exploitation…

For months, the news has been brimming with stories of the so-called “supply chain crisis” — the disruption of shipping and manufacturing that has stranded cargo carriers and logjammed containers at ports around the world, resulting in PPE shortages, empty grocery shelves, and a general scarcity of consumer goods. But for many communities, the global distribution system’s routine operations present regular supply chain crises of a different sort. 

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Weekend Long Reads: Seattle’s Vision for an All-Electric Transportation System

by Kevin Schofield

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this weekend’s “long read” is a look to the future of transportation in Seattle and specifically how City officials intend to turn it green.

This past week the City of Seattle released its “blueprint” for how it intends to move to a transportation system that is nearly entirely electric by 2030. City leaders feel a sense of urgency about this, as Seattle has not been meeting its climate-change goals. In fact, according to the City it has “flatlined” on reducing transportation emissions, with only a 2% reduction since 2008.

As is frequently the case, the blueprint leads with climate justice principles. In this case, it emphasizes that the transformation to all-electric should address the higher levels of pollution in low-income and communities of color in the city, the inequities in availability of transportation to some communities, and making sure that new economic opportunities — both green jobs and investments in communities — are made available to all Seattle residents.

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