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Utah school buses go green - Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Apr 14, 2009 Utah school buses go greenJon Huntsman Jr. announced plans earlier this year to work with Questar to increase that infrastructure, especially along I-15 from Idaho to Arizona. Ron Jibson, Questar Gas president and CEO, said the company will work this year to increase natural

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Official: Private-public deals could save ADOT millions - Arizona Republic Arizona Republic, AZ - Apr 14, 2009 Official: Private-public deals could save ADOT millionsHe pointed out a system in Utah, where the state partners with restaurants and gas stations that provide services to drivers and are designated as official rest areas. ADOT is already using private partnerships to reduce some costs, McGee said.

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Security, SaaS, VoIP Among Top CIO Projects TMCnet - Apr 14, 2009 Today – less than a week after 700 computers at the University of Utah were attacked by the so-called “Conficker” worm – computer security experts are warning about the potential that confidential tax information could be intercepted on its way to the

Utah school buses go green - Salt Lake Tribune

14.04.09

Utah's yellow school buses are slowly turning green.

Sevier School District is the latest district in Utah -- and the first rural district --to start using clean-burning, compressed natural gas instead of traditional fuel. On Monday, the district celebrated its first natural gas bus, converted with the help of $10,000 in grant money from AAA and a $5,000 grant from the state.

Natural gas vehicles, which mostly use methane as fuel, can reduce exhaust emissions of carbon monoxide by 70 percent; non-methane organic gas by 87 percent; nitrogen oxides by 87 percent; and carbon dioxide by nearly 20 percent, according to NGVAmerica, an organization that advocates the use of natural gas.

"Basically we took the pollution down to almost nothing," said Lynn Julander, Sevier transportation supervisor.

Though everyone agrees the buses are better for the environment, the switch is difficult for many districts given the costs of conversion. Sevier is the third Utah district to start using compressed natural gas, said Robin Erickson, director of the Utah Clean Cities Coalition. The Jordan School District already has 44 such buses, and Alpine School District has one, she said.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, United States