Climate Jobs IL Facilitates Clean Bus Grants
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Provided by: Climate Jobs Illinois|Published on: June 13, 2025
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Synopsis
- Climate Jobs Illinois provides a concise news article on a grant program funded by the EPA that provided three Illinois school districts with electric busses to decrease air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Carbon Free Healthy Schools Program and more information about Climate Jobs Illinois are given in the text.
Subjects: Civics, Health
Authors: Climate Jobs Illinois
Region: Illinois, Chicagoland IL, North Central IL, South IL
Languages: English
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Positives
- Students can learn about steps Illinois is taking to be more environmentally responsible and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- This article is very brief, making it easy to fit into the class period.
Prerequisites
- The contributions of greenhouse gases and pollution to climate change should be discussed prior to reading this article.
- Students will need a device in order to interact with the embedded links in this article.
- Clean energy and alternative energy sources should be understood in order for the magnitude of this initiative to resonate with students.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This video on pollution and climate justice linked in this resource can be used as an introduction.
- The graphs and tables in this resource can be used to look at fossil fuels compared to different types of clean energy.
- The article can be used in ELA class as a springboard to have students research and write to their local schools and leaders about a way they believe energy can be conserved to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- To learn more about how others are reducing green house gas emissions, this article can be used to compare and contrast the efforts in Illinois with other regions.
- By visiting this embedded link on the 2023 Clean Bus Rebate Program, students can click on "Educational Materials" on the left hand side and read the Clean School Bus Reports to Congress which offer great detail into the program as well as other educational materials. The Report to Congress is rather lengthy so it may be best to assign pertinent sub headings to the students.
- In Science class, students can research and learn more about electric vehicles and the advantages and disadvantages to them and present a debate for both sides.
This article discusses a federal grant school districts in Illinois had the opportunity to apply to. The grant would allow school districts to purchase clean buses, which are buses with lower carbon emissions (ex. Electric buses). This is a great example of a climate action and how governments can help support climate action. The information presented is accurate, and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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