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Experts urge using environmental‑justice screening to guide siting of electric‑bus charging infrastructure
Summary
University and state mapping tools can identify overburdened census tracts where charging infrastructure and electric-bus deployment would provide restorative benefits, presenters told the PGCPS work group; they recommended a 70–75th percentile cutoff and county‑specific subtools plus air monitoring to track change.
Experts at the Prince George's County electric school-bus work group recommended using environmental-justice screening tools to prioritize where charging infrastructure and electric buses should be sited to reduce pollution burdens and provide restorative benefits.
Dr. Sakobe Wilson, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, demonstrated a university-developed EJ mapping tool and said it integrates five domains — environmental exposures, population characteristics, climate, health and social factors — into an overall percentile score. "If your…
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