The Oregon Department of Energy last month implemented a new requirement for a 5 percent biodiesel blend, which means the fuel is mandated to be available at all fuel pumps.

Napa Valley Unified School District has long been known as one of if not the earliest adopters of electric and hybrid school buses. Soon, the fleet north of San Francisco figures to be 100 percent green.

Jefferson County Public School announced this month that it is on course to add 32 hybrid school buses to its fleet in time for the start of the 2011-2012 school year.

School transportation departments are fighting the good fight to conserve energy and reduce their carbon footprints not just on Earth Day but throughout the year.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Burnaby North Secondary School was handed the keys to a new plug-in hybrid school bus from IC Bus during an event celebrating both Earth Day and a student's winning video in last year's “Canada’s Greenest School" contest.