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Texas schools receive nearly $400,000 to reduce bus emissions
School children around Texas will soon breathe easier thanks to grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The grants will allow school buses in the Houston-Galveston and Austin areas to be retrofitted with emission-reducing devices.
The Capital Area Council of Governments received $193,700 to retrofit 98 traditional, diesel-powered buses around Austin with diesel oxidation catalyst/closed-crankcase ventilation systems. An additional ten buses will be retrofitted with diesel multi-stage filters and closed-crankcase ventilation systems.
The Houston-Galveston Council received $200,000 to reduce emissions in order to comply with 2007 federal emission standards. The council will retrofit 47 Waller Independent School District buses with EPA-certified particulate filters and closed crankcase ventilation systems.
Both projects will reduce the amount of carcinogens and toxins in bus exhaust, reducing children’s exposure to harmful emissions and improving overall air quality for the areas involved.
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