'I got my Florida school district to convert to electric buses'
Middle school student Holly Thorpe's science fair project measured CO2 levels inside and outside school buses - and her findings were a catalyst for the change. The funding for the electric school buses is coming from the Volkswagen Settlement Fund, which provides money for zero emission vehicles after the company admitted it cheated emission tests.
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