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16 states, DC and environmental groups sue USPS over gas-powered trucks

Headline from Local News 8

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia and a coalition of environmental groups are suing the US Postal Service in an effort to stop the purchase of thousands of gasoline-powered trucks.

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  1. Valdosta Daily Times

    Groups that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuit (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    Four environmental groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    16 states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    California and 15 other states that want the U.S. 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.

  3. New Hampshire Union Leader

    16 states, D.C., climate activists sue USPS to block its truck purchase (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and environmental activist groups are suing the U.S. Postal Service to block its purchase of 148,000 gas-guzzling delivery trucks over the next decade, alleging

  4. The Guardian

    16 states sue US Postal Service over gas-powered truck purchase (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The ‘gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package,’ says an attorney

  5. Engadget

    States, activists sue USPS over purchase of gas-powered mail trucks (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Both 16 states and activists have sued the US Postal Service over its plan to buy gas-powered mail delivery trucks..

  6. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Sixteen States Sue the Postal Service Over Plan to Buy Gas-Powered Vehicles (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The lawsuits allege the Postal Service’s environmental analysis to justify spending up to $11.3 billion on gas-powered delivery trucks was deeply flawed.

  7. Triblive

    16 states, including Pennsylvania, that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    Pennsylvania and 15 other states that want the U.S. 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.

  8. Portland Press Herald

    Environmentalists sue USPS to block purchase of ‘gas-guzzling’ trucks (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy electric vehicles have sued to stop the purchase of gas-powered trucks.

  9. Tucson

    Groups that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    Groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy electric-powered delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks. Two lawsuits, filed Thursday in New York and

  10. CBS News

    Sixteen states and environmental groups file lawsuits against USPS over its gas-powered vehicle plans (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The United States Postal Service has been accused of failing to meet environmental standards.

  11. The Sentinel (Carlisle)

    Pa., 15 other states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits (opens The Sentinel (Carlisle))

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    The Sentinel (Carlisle)'s feed description

    Pennsylvania 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

  12. KOB 4

    New Mexico, 15 other states that want to electrify USPS fleet file lawsuits (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    New Mexico and 15 other states that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy electric-powered delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks. Three lawsuits, filed Thursday in New York and California by the states and environmental groups, demand that the Postal Service …

  13. Local News 8

    16 states, DC and environmental groups sue USPS over gas-powered trucks (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia and a coalition of environmental groups are suing the US Postal Service in an effort to stop the purchase of thousands of gasoline-powered trucks.

  14. ABC 12 Flint

    16 states, Washington, D.C. and environmental groups sue USPS over gas-powered trucks (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    Attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia and a coalition of environmental groups are suing the U.S. Postal Service in an effort to stop the purchase of

  15. Geek Wire

    USPS sued by states for purchasing gas vehicles, allegedly violating environmental law (opens Geek Wire)

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    Geek Wire's feed description

    Unsplash Photo / Sam LaRussa) Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and other AGs from around the country have filed a lawsuit against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the U.S.

  16. New Hampshire Public Radio

    States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    The lawsuits contend that purchases of thousands of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come. The Postal Service says it conducted a thorough review.

  17. KEYT Santa Barbara

    16 states, DC and environmental groups sue USPS over gas-powered trucks | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia and a coalition of environmental groups are suing the US Postal Service

  18. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    USPS sued to block gas vehicle buys (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and environmental activist groups are suing the U.S. Postal Service to block its purchase of 148,000 delivery trucks over the next decade, alleging the agency has underestimated the vehicles' costs and adverse ecological impact.

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