Posted on 04/30/2022 8:54:45 AM PDT by lowbridge
California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet.
Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the states and environmental groups 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.
Plaintiffs contend that purchases of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come. The lawsuits could further delay the Postal Service's efforts to replace the ubiquitous delivery trucks that went into service between 1987 and 1994.
"Louis DeJoy's gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package," said Scott Hochberg, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, referring to the postmaster general.
Attorneys general from 16 states — 14 of which have Democratic governors — sued in San Francisco. A separate lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, CleanAirNow KC and Sierra Club was filed in the same venue. Another was filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and United Auto Workers in New York.
Advocates say the environmental review behind the planned purchase was flawed
All three of them target the environmental review underpinning the Postal Service's planned purchase of up to 165,000 next-generation delivery vehicles over the next decade.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said it's key to stop the process before it's too late.
"Once this purchase goes through, we'll be stuck with more than 100,000 new gas-guzzling vehicles on neighborhood streets, serving homes across our state and across the country, for the next 30 years. There won't be a reset button," he said.
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Yes !!!!! It’s stupid...what’s new...
Your tax dollars at work from idiot states’...
And the mail might get delivered with gas powered vehicles. Electric? Good luck with that!
Resulting in the price of a First Class postage stamp to rise to $5.00.
Whenever a government agency is sued you have to watch how hard they defend themselves. If they cave or put up a weak defense then it is most likely a conspiracy between the two parties. The agency might want to do something but does not want the decision to be theirs. So they get sued, the court decides and the bureaucrats can say it was not us.
Much of the changes in our society has been made because both sides wanted the same thing but knew the voters did not want the change.
Other than the risk of spontaneous combustion and the battery manufacture and disposal impact on the environment it makes sense.
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Biden administration pushing hard it’s Global Agenda on the American people - like it or not. They expect to do so with people “kicking and screaming” as Obama is accustomed to saying. So they just ignore any outcry.
Letter carriers won't deliver mail in inner-cities, for obvious reasons.
Almost all of the institutions today do not serve the interests of those for whom they were intended to serve. These institutions now only serve the interests of the woke elite. You and me can just go to hell.
And every post office will need several charging stations....and a new battery within a few years.
They would need to prove their case
“And every post office will need several charging stations....and a new battery within a few years”
As slow as postal trucks move on residential streets, they could use a wagon and two mules. The only issue would be getting to the residential streets.
They... Maybe it was the military did something similar in WW2. Mail was heavy so they photographed it, flew the film back to the US, developed it and sent the photos of the letters.
“every post office will need several charging stations....and a new battery within a few years”
Oh yeah, and that’ll mean more money for the supplier. Gotta have a post implementation upport contract.
I worked for the fed gov (DoD) for 30 years.....it’s all about the contracts....LUCRATIVE Contracts.
Honestly I’m surprised the usps didn’t move forward with battery operated vehicles.
COLD WEATHER——SNOW-—RURAL DELIVERY LONG DISTANCES——SHORT BATTEARY LIFE IF HEATER IS ON.
ALL are a sad fact of non-performance for EV’s.
Finally, the Post Office does something right...and the enviro Nazis go crazy.
Then there’s the cold up here in the north. School buses wouldn’t start. LOL
Amazing how the government can spend taxpayer dollars without a by-your-leave.
Simple solution...split the purchase. Buy enough electrics for the states that want’em and gas vehicles for the rest.
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