SALT LAKE CITY — A $60 million secured by the Utah Division of Air Quality will be used to fund the purchase of 171 zero-emission vehicles, 120 of which will be school buses with the goal of reducing pollution and helping clear the state’s air, especially during the winter inversions.
“We know that some of this funding for clean energy solutions will potentially go away with the next administration, and so huge thanks to our state leaders for making sure that this funding was secured for our local communities while we still have it,” said Rebekah Ashley with the Sierra Club.
The grant comes from the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program established through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It will distribute a total of $1 billion over the next eight years to more than two dozen states and tribal communities, in efforts to replace fossil fuel, as well as heavy-duty …