The Trump administration is citing a recent fire in SEPTA’s decommissioned electric bus fleet as it bashes the federal government’s past investments in environmentally friendly technologies.

The blaze , on June 5, started from the battery in a Proterra electric bus parked in a SEPTA lot in North Philadelphia, burning at least 16 buses and causing a brief spike in air pollutant levels. A similar battery fire occurred in another Proterra bus in November 2022.

The Federal Transit Administration on Wednesday asked SEPTA to provide information on its storage methods for decommissioned electric buses and lithium-ion batteries, while apparently alluding to the Green New Deal , a set of policies to address climate change that was proposed but never enacted.

“This is not the first green deal

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