New York, California, and Michigan are among 16 states suing the US Postal Service (USPS) over the company's multibillion-dollar plan to buy thousands of carbon-emitting trucks, according to a court filing.
The states alleged that the plan failed to meet environmental standards laid out by the EPA.Sixteen states are suing the US Postal Service for its plan to buy thousands of polluting vehicles.The USPS told Insider, however, that it had fully complied with all of its NEPA obligations.
In the filing, the states said that the USPS had been given a "tremendous opportunity to convert its fleet to zero-emission, electric vehicles," but alleged that the contractor it selected, Oshkosh Defense, was not experienced enough to carry this out.. The filing claimed the review was "cursory." Oshkosh Defense did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment made outside of normal working hours.a letter showing officials in the Biden administration urging the USPS not to go through with the $11.3 billion plan.
In its statement, USPS told Insider: "The contract is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, meaning that after an initial dollar commitment, the Postal Service will have the ongoing ability to order more NGDV over a fixed period of time, in this case, 10 years delivering up to 165,000 vehicles over the next decade."
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