Trump's Criminal Regime Goes After Electric School Bus Money - CleanTechnica

The article from CleanTechnica criticizes the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin for undermining the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Clean School Bus Program, which allocates significant funding toward zero-emission electric school buses. Despite Congress’s clear mandate to support zero-emission vehicles, the EPA canceled the 2024 rebate round and is redirecting 2026 funds away from battery electric buses toward fossil fuel alternatives like propane and liquefied natural gas. The agency even proposed funding for hydrogen buses, which currently do not exist commercially. The author argues this move flagrantly disregards the law and serves to protect legacy fossil fuel interests by keeping school districts dependent on consumable fuels rather than enabling energy independence through electric buses and solar power. The article frames this EPA action as a fundamental violation of the constitutional system and an abuse of executive power, describing it as a "criminal regime" not in the legal sense of jail-worthy crimes but as a profound breach of the rule of