"There’s $2.3 billion left unspent from a Biden-era clean school bus program. The Trump admin wants more of it to go to buses that run on fuels and not batteries."
"In the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress voted to invest $5 billion in accelerating a phaseout of diesel school buses across the country, a move meant to protect students from harmful pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
But the Clean School Bus program has been on hold since President Donald Trump took office, with $2.3 billion still unspent.
Last Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced what it called a “revamp” of the program, signaling it would no longer favor electric school buses, where 95 percent of the money had been spent under President Joe Biden. Instead, the Trump administration is seeking to move to “a broad range of options,” including buses fueled by natural gas, biofuel, or hydrogen."
Marianne Lavelle reports for Inside Climate News February 25, 2026.
