The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency asked the Postal Service this month to reconsider plans to replace its delivery fleet with 90 percent gas-powered trucks and 10 percent electric vehicles, at a cost of up to $11.3 billion. The new trucks offer only a 0.4-mile-per-gallon fuel economy improvement over the current models. The contract, orchestrated by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, would undercut President Biden's climate goals and his push to electrify the federal fleet. ...
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