| While those yellow buses are the safest way | | | | and diesel emissions reductions while |
| to get our kids to school each day, millions | | | | restoring funding for key state air quality |
| of Americas kids are still riding aging | | | | programs. State-by-State: |
| school buses that emit unhealthy diesel | | | | |
| exhaust. There is no warning sign on the back | | | | What is your state grade? For details about |
| of diesel school buses that the black smoke | | | | these grades, read the Pollution Report |
| coming out of the tailpipe could be hazardous | | | | Card.STATE:SOOT POLLUTION GRADE:CLEANUP |
| to childrens health - but there should be. | | | | PROGRAM RANK:SMOG POLLUTION RANK:These are |
| Diesel fumes can cause or exacerbate asthma, | | | | the grads given to each state:Alabama-B |
| lung disease, and cancer, and have even been | | | | Alaska-B /Arizona-D /Arkansas-D /California-C |
| linked to premature death."Major victory", | | | | /Colorado-D /Connecticut-B /Delaware-B |
| the transportation bill passed in 2005 | | | | District of Columbia-B /Florida-C /Georgia-C |
| included the creation of the National Clean | | | | Hawaii-D /Idaho-C /Illinois-C /Indiana-B |
| School Bus Grant Program. In his Fiscal Year | | | | Iowa-C /Kansas-C /Kentucky-C /Louisiana-D |
| 2007 budget request, the president called for | | | | Maine-B /Maryland B /Massachusetts B |
| $50 million in funding for grants to clean up | | | | Michagan C /Minnesota D /Mississippi-C |
| school buses and other polluting diesel | | | | Missouri-B /Montana-D /Nebraska-D /Nevada-B |
| equipment. This represents marked progress | | | | New Hampshire-C /New Jersey-B /New Mexico-C |
| from the current, Ad Hoc School Bus grant | | | | New York-B/North Carolina-C/North Dakota-C |
| program that received only $7.5 million. | | | | Ohio-C /Oklahoma-D /Oregon-C /Pennsylvania-B |
| Unfortunately, the president asked for $35 | | | | Rhode Island-C /South Carolina-D /South |
| million in cuts to state air programs that | | | | Dakota-D /Tennessee-B |
| help implementing key Diesel cleanup | | | | |
| programs. Please contact your senators and | | | | Texas-C /Utah-D /Vermont-C /Virginia-C |
| ask them to sign the letters supporting the | | | | Washington-D /West Virginia-C /Wisconsin-C |
| administrations full budget for School Bus | | | | Wyoming-B . |