Iowa Project Uses Catalysts and Biodiesel for Cleaner School Bus Emissions

From THonline.com:

"With a $250,000 EPA grant awarded in September 2004, the (Clean School Bus) program was able to provide 335 diesel oxidation catalysts that were installed in buses at 70 Iowa school districts and supported the purchase of biodiesel in three school districts..."

"... The 2006 School Bus Pollution Report Card put out by the Union of Concerned Scientists gave, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin each a "C" for their soot pollution grade. Wisconsin and Illinois each received an "average" rank for their cleanup programs and smog pollution, but Iowa received "above average" marks."

"... Russ Stratton, owner of Stratton Bus Co., which holds the contract for busing in the Cuba City (Wis.) School District, said he is not aware of any similar programs in Wisconsin, but he would be interested in learning more about biodiesel and its long-term effects.
'We're in the dark right now,' he said. 'We don't know enough about it.'"

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