Written by Penny Starr on Feb 3, 2022. Posted in Latest news
EPA Wants To Nix New Fleet Of USPS Trucks To Fight Climate Change
The Biden administration on Wednesday pushed back on the United States Postal Service’s plan for a new fleet of gasoline-powered delivery trucks, claiming they would add to so-called climate change and endanger the health of Americans.
The plan is to spend $11.3 billion on as many as 165,000 trucks over the next decade, which is at odds with President Biden’s goal to replace gasoline-powered federal vehicles with a “clean energy” fleet.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a letter to the postal agency asking it to reconsider its plan, saying its Environmental Impact Statement was “seriously deficient” and called for public hearings.
“The Postal Service’s proposal as currently crafted represents a crucial lost opportunity to more rapidly reduce the carbon footprint of one of the largest government fleets in the world,” Vicki Arroyo, the EPA’s associate administrator for policy, wrote in the letter.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/epa-wants-to-nix-new-fleet-of-usps-trucks-to-fight-climate-change/
