Posted on 05/26/2007 6:16:11 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
JERICHO, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has signed into law a bill to ban school buses from idling while parked on school grounds.
The governor signed the bill yesterday at the Browns River Middle School in Jericho where a seventh grade social studies class conceived of the idea to ban idling as a way to save fuel and protect the environment.
Douglas thanked the students for focusing on reducing emissions from motor vehicles, which generate almost half of the greenhouse gases produced in Vermont.
In addition to banning idling, the new law asks the Department of Education to develop a model policy to encourage school districts to restrict idling on school grounds by all vehicles.
I KNOW! Have you noticed ALL those STUPID environmental commercials now? They're driving me crazy!
Why not ban schoolbuses and DRIVE YOUR KIDS to school! (ducks).
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