Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the award recipients of nearly $1 billion in Clean School Bus Program grants. In total, EPA is awarding grants to 67 winning applicants to fund over 2,700 buses at 280 school districts that serve over 7 million students across 37 states, with 95% of the funding going towards electric school buses.

In response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s launch of the Clean School Bus Program, members of the Alliance for Electric School Buses have released a statement.