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Are Yellow Buses The Safest Way To Get Our Kids To School?

While those yellow buses are the safestsupporting the administrations full
way to get our kids to school each day,budget for School Bus and diesel
millions of Americas kids are stillemissions reductions while restoring
riding aging school buses that emitfunding for key state air quality
unhealthy diesel exhaust. There is noprograms. State-by-State:
warning sign on the back of dieselWhat is your state grade? For details
school buses that the black smoke comingabout these grades, read the Pollution
out of the tailpipe could be hazardousReport Card.STATE:SOOT POLLUTION
to childrens health - but there shouldGRADE:CLEANUP PROGRAM RANK:SMOG
be. Diesel fumes can cause or exacerbatePOLLUTION RANK:These are the grads given
asthma, lung disease, and cancer, andto each state:Alabama-B/Alaska-B
have even been linked to prematureArizona-D /Arkansas-D /California-C
death."Major victory", theColorado-D /Connecticut-B /Delaware-B
transportation bill passed in 2005District of Columbia-B /Florida-C
included the creation of the NationalGeorgia-C /Hawaii-D /Idaho-C /Illinois-C
Clean School Bus Grant Program. In his/Indiana-B /Iowa-C /Kansas-C /Kentucky-C
Fiscal Year 2007 budget request, the/Louisiana-D /Maine-B /Maryland B
president called for $50 million inMassachusetts B /Michagan C /Minnesota D
funding for grants to clean up school/Mississippi-C /Missouri-B /Montana-D
buses and other polluting dieselNebraska-D /Nevada-B /New Hampshire-C
equipment. This represents markedNew Jersey-B /New Mexico-C /New York-B
progress from the current, Ad Hoc SchoolNorth Carolina-C/North Dakota-C /Ohio-C
Bus grant program that received onlyOklahoma-D /Oregon-C /Pennsylvania-B
$7.5 million. Unfortunately, theRhode Island-C /South Carolina-D /South
president asked for $35 million in cutsDakota-D /Tennessee-B
to state air programs that helpTexas-C /Utah-D /Vermont-C /Virginia-C
implementing key Diesel cleanupWashington-D /West Virginia-C
programs. Please contact your senatorsWisconsin-C /Wyoming-B .
and ask them to sign the letters



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