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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Wave of Lawsuits Aims to Halt Louis DeJoy's Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet
9 hours ago
A Wave of Lawsuits Aims to Halt Louis DeJoys Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet
USPS is doubling down on outdated technologies that are bad for our environment and bad for our communities.
Abigail Weinberg
The saga of the United States Postal Services planned gas-guzzling fleet continues.
Sixteen states and two environmental activist groupsEarthjustice and the National Resources Defense Councilare suing USPS to halt its purchase of a fleet of of gas-guzzling mail trucks. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has come under fire in recent months for his decision to move forward with a contract for 165,000 new postal trucks90 percent of which would run on gas and earn 8.6 miles per gallon.
In their suit, the environmental groups point out that DeJoy did not begin an environmental review of the contract until after the Postal Service had already issued a $483 million initial payment to to Oshkosh Defense, the manufacturer of the new trucks. The Environmental Protection Agency has contended that the review itself was flawed.
Electrifying the Postal Service fleet would reduce smog and particulate matter pollution in nearly every neighborhood in America, the plaintiffs write. Postal delivery routes are stop-and-go by nature, which means that gas-powered delivery vehicles idle just outside peoples homes for much of the day. This daily pollution impacts nearly every single resident in the country, but the harmful effects of this pollution are felt most significantly by low-income communities of color, which are often forced to breathe compounding sources of pollution.
Sixteen state attorneys general filed a separate suit arguing that the USPSs plan would hinder their own environmental goals. The Postal Service has a historic opportunity to invest in our planet and in our future, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the states suit, said in a statement. Instead, it is doubling down on outdated technologies that are bad for our environment and bad for our communities.
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https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/04/usps-louis-dejoy-gas-guzzling-trucks-postal-service-lawsuits-earthjustice/
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A Wave of Lawsuits Aims to Halt Louis DeJoy's Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet (Original Post)
babylonsister
Apr 2022
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former9thward
(32,128 posts)1. This contract was put out for bid in 2014.
Yes, long before DeJoy and Trump. Why didn't these groups complain then instead of waiting until it was designed and awarded? They had at least 8 years to raise any issues. Why did they wait?
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/05/04/US-Postal-Service-s-Ancient-Fleet-Getting-6-Billion-Upgrade
dchill
(38,603 posts)2. Kicking for electric!
keithbvadu2
(37,024 posts)3. For all day of stop and go, 8.6 mpg is probably fairly good.
For all day of stop and go, 8.6 mpg is probably fairly good.