The Commonwealth is en route to what might well be a game-changing electric school bus (ESB) program. Through creation of a large and long term program (somewhere in the range of 10-15,000 school buses over a decade), Virginia’s ESB acquisition could be the key project to drive down acquisition costs and thus accelerate moves from […]
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Beware of shiny objects: Examples from (Dominion) Virginia Electric School Bus discussions
January 31st, 2020 · Comments Off on Beware of shiny objects: Examples from (Dominion) Virginia Electric School Bus discussions
Tags: Dominion Energy · dominion virginia power · economics · Education · Energy · green schools
Want to Boost Educational Outcomes, Virginia? Then Green the Schools!
December 19th, 2019 · Comments Off on Want to Boost Educational Outcomes, Virginia? Then Green the Schools!
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced his proposal for a significant bump in the Commonwealth’s education investment. The budget includes the single-largest increase for at-risk schools in Virginia history, raises teacher salaries 3 percent, funds more school counselors and new staff supports for English language learners, and makes significant new flexible funds available for local […]
Tags: economics · Education · environmental · green · green schools · LEED · schools · virginia
Electrifying Momentum Toward Electric Buses (Fairfax County, Virginia, edition)
August 20th, 2019 · 2 Comments
Clean electrons Electrify Everything These four words are core touchstones en route a prosperous, climate-friendly future. As clean electrons continue to plunge in price, everywhere, momentum toward clean(er) electricity grids continues to mount around the world. Coal has nearly disappeared from the UK’s electricity grid while likely to do so across Europe by 2030. Projections […]
Tags: business practice · economics · Education · Electric Buses · electric vehicles · Electrification · emissions · transportation
#Science denial/confusion in the classroom: Sadly, not just a US problem.
February 9th, 2017 · Comments Off on #Science denial/confusion in the classroom: Sadly, not just a US problem.
Just as occurred (and, sigh, still occurs) with the tobacco industry, a key target of fossil fuel promoters is to sow confusion about the science related to fossil fuel pollution impacts (from climate change to mercury poisoning to …), the strength of the scientific consensus, and about the work of scientists (as individuals and as […]
Tags: climate change · Education · science