EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health. … The $7 million in American Rescue Plan funding is directed toward school districts in underserved communities to replace old diesel buses with new, zero-emission electric models. The $10 million in DERA rebates will assist with 444 school bus replacements across the country… The $7 million in American Rescue Plan funding is directed toward school districts in underserved communities to replace old diesel buses with new, zero-emission electric models. The $10 million in DERA rebates will assist with 444 school bus replacements across the country. Labette County USD 506 is among the 17 school districts receiving money. The EPA will award the district with $60,000 to replace old busses with eco-friendly options.
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Some Southeast Kansas residents say they’d like to see the state do more to limit the annoyance of wind turbine lights. “We were traveling home from doing some industry work and came upon one on one highway to head home towards Mound Valley, Kansas. and we noticed just a bunch of red flashing lights that just went miles from about this view,” said Debbie Cramer. Cramer is a concerned resident of Labette County, she says the lights from the wind turbines that guide aircrafts hit rural residents like herself the hardest. “When the sun goes down, the sky becomes a big long red line of flashing lights that goes for miles,” said Cramer.
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