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Too ambitious?

By Sabrina Garone
Published October 5, 2023 at 4:41 PM EDT
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A Lion electric school bus is seen on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero and low emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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A Lion electric school bus is seen on display.

Some Long Island schools worry an electric school bus mandate by 2035 is too ambitious. Connecticut officials say issues with the new COVID-19 vaccination rollout are being resolved. New York, Connecticut and other states settle with software company Blackbaud. And more on the future of the offshore wind industry in Connecticut.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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