US EPA Article RatingBiden-Harris Administration Announces Over $50 Million from EPA's Clean School Bus Program for Michigan School Districts | US EPA
Oct 27, 2022 View Original Article
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| "EPA is also designing the next rounds of program funding to launch in the coming months, which will include an ambitious grant competition." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "EPA is also partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Transportation to provide school districts with robust technical assistance to ensure effective implementation." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "EPA will distribute awards to school districts in all 50 states, Washington D.C., along with several federally recognized Tribes and U.S. territories." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "In May, EPA aounced the availability of $500 million for its Clean School Bus Program." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Given overwhelming demand from school districts across the country, including in low-income communities, Tribal nations, and territories, EPA nearly doubled the amount of funding that will be awarded to $965 million." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Through future rounds of funding, EPA will make available another $1 billion for clean school buses in Fiscal Year 2023." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "By replacing older, heavily polluting buses, EPA is making clean school buses the American standard, said EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "EPA encourages school districts not selected in the first round of rebates - and those that did not apply this funding cycle - to participate in future rounds." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "It's a great step to protect the health of our children and save schools money, said Sen. Debbie Stabenow." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "These awards are the first $1 billion of a five-year, $5 billion program created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "On behalf of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist and the Michigan Infrastructure Office, I would like to thank the EPA and the many school districts across Michigan that submitted high quality applications for electric school bus funding, said Zachary Kolodin, director of the Michigan Infrastructure Office." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Historic investment from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America's school bus fleet" | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "I'm proud to have supported the bipartisan infrastructure law that is now providing this funding to help replace school buses across Michigan, said Sen. Gary Peters." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "This funding builds on Governor Whitmer's work to create a sustainable clean energy economy here in Michigan." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The program also delivers on President Biden's Justice40 Initiative, which aims to deliver 40" | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Today, the Biden-Harris Administration aounced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $54,060,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 25 school districts in Michigan." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "President Biden's historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is accelerating our nation's transition to electric and low-emission school buses while ensuring a brighter, healthier future for our children, said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Students deserve to live a life free from the burdens of pollution, just as they deserve to learn and grow in a healthy school environment.Today's grants will help Michigan buy and use clean school buses to take kids to school safely and keep the air in and around our schools cleaner, all while powering our economic growth, said Governor Gretchen Whitmer." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Vice President Kamala Harris and EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan joined schoolchildren, district leaders and community members in Seattle, Washington, today to make the aouncement and highlight how it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save schools money, and better protect children's health." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, mid-Michigan schools are getting new school buses that are cleaner, safer and saving school's money, said Rep. Dan Kildee." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We know that diesel exhaust from school buses has a negative impact not only on our environment, but on the health of our children, teachers, bus drivers, and the surrounding communities, said Rep. Debbie Dingell." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
61% : EPA is also designing the next rounds of program funding to launch in the coming months, which will include an ambitious grant competition.60% : EPA is also partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Transportation to provide school districts with robust technical assistance to ensure effective implementation.
58% : EPA will distribute awards to school districts in all 50 states, Washington D.C., along with several federally recognized Tribes and U.S. territories.
56% : In May, EPA announced the availability of $500 million for its Clean School Bus Program.
52% : Given overwhelming demand from school districts across the country, including in low-income communities, Tribal nations, and territories, EPA nearly doubled the amount of funding that will be awarded to $965 million.
49% : Through future rounds of funding, EPA will make available another $1 billion for clean school buses in Fiscal Year 2023.
46% :"By replacing older, heavily polluting buses, EPA is making clean school buses the American standard," said EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore.
43% : EPA encourages school districts not selected in the first round of rebates - and those that did not apply this funding cycle - to participate in future rounds.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.