USPS To Replace Fleet , With 90% Gas-Powered Vehicles.<br />CNN reports the United States Postal Service is moving forward with plans to replace its current fleet of vehicles with a new one that is 90% powered by gas vehicles.<br />The move comes despite objections by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<br />Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says <br />the Postal Service lacks the appropriate funding to lean toward electric vehicles.<br />...Our commitment to an electric <br />fleet remains ambitious given <br />the pressing vehicle and safety <br />needs of our aging fleet as well as <br />our fragile financial condition. , USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, via statement.<br />The process needs to keep moving forward. , USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, via statement.<br />Officials with the EPA have called the USPS replacement fleet plan "inconsistent.".<br />They say the decision is a “crucial lost opportunity to more rapidly reduce the <br />carbon footprint of one of the largest government fleets in the world.”.<br />As the USPS is an independent agency, <br />it is responsible for its own funding.<br />Therefore, despite objections, <br />plans are moving forward.<br />Still, environmental activists say <br />they will pursue litigation, hoping <br />to force the USPS to reverse course.<br />DeJoy’s environmental review is rickety, founded on suspect calculations, and fails to meet the standards of the law. , Adrian Martinez, environmental attorney at Earthjustice, via CNN.<br />DeJoy’s environmental review is rickety, founded on suspect calculations, and fails to meet the standards of the law. , Adrian Martinez, environmental attorney at Earthjustice, via CNN.<br />We’re not done fighting this reckless decision. , Adrian Martinez, environmental attorney at Earthjustice, via CNN
