Tests on school buses have found that older diesel engines allow exhaust particulates to accumulate inside the bus as students are picked-up and dropped off. Environmental groups have conducted a five ...

The wheels on the bus will continue to go round and round, but the exhaust pipe will no longer belch, belch, belch. A statewide program is under way to retrofit diesel-powered school buses with ...

Exhaust from school buses can be harmful to students' health. Old diesel buses generate fumes that can trigger asthma attacks and other harmful health conditions. In Texas, environmentalists want the ...

Air inside the big, yellow buses used to shuttle children to and from school can contain up to 8.5 times more diesel exhaust than people typically breathe in smoggy California--enough to expose ...

Children who ride school buses are exposed to harmful diesel exhaust in greater concentrations than previously believed, according to a state nonprofit group, Environment and Human Health Inc., based ...

Children riding on school buses are breathing in more pollution than people standing out on the streets, U.S. researchers concluded in a new study. They found that exhaust from the buses was leaking ...

Emissions-free rides on an electric school bus can protect the health of students with disabilities on their way to school.

Children on school buses collectively inhale as much or more exhaust emitted from those buses as does the rest of the city's population, according to a new analysis by researchers at the ...

WASHINGTON – Most states aren't doing enough to protect children from the diesel exhaust many of them inhale while riding or waiting for school buses, an environmental advocacy group said in a report ...

Most kids probably think the worst thing about riding a school bus is the bully who sits in the back seat. In fact, the bitter fumes emitted from the buses may be doing them more harm. Children riding ...

As educators have known for a long, long time, there’s no magic solution to improving academic performance across an entire student body. Experienced teachers and an engaging curriculum go a long way, ...

New fuel and new technology are making diesel engines cleaner, but many vehicles with diesel engines can last a long time. That presents a problem for school districts because tests show that fumes ...