Sixteen states sue US Postal Service over gas-powered truck purchase
by Maya Yang and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#5YNSF)
The gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package,' says an attorney
California and 15 other states that want the US Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its mail delivery fleet.
Three separate lawsuits, filed by 16 states and environmental groups Thursday in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.
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