The Postal Service said it will proceed with plans to order up to 148,000 new, majority gasoline-powered delivery trucks to replace its aging fleet, defying requests from the Biden administration, which had asked it to transition to electric vehicles.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement Wednesday that the USPS had finished its evaluation of environmental impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act and reiterated his argument that using the $11.3 billion program to purchase more electric vehicles is “unrealistic,” given the agency’s current financial condition. The USPS has the single largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the United States.
But DeJoy proceeded. On Wednesday, he defended the plan, saying the USPS is “compelled to act prudently in the interest of the American public” and cannot in its current state purchase more electric vehicles. Vicki Arroyo, the EPA’s associate administrator for policy, said in a statement that the USPS’s decision represented “crucial lost opportunity.”
“Purchasing tens of thousands of gasoline-fueled delivery trucks locks USPS into further oil dependence, air pollution, and climate impacts for decades to come, and harms the long-term prospects of our nation’s vital mail provider,” Arroyo said. In recent weeks, DeJoy’s decision has prompted sharp criticism and even calls for his resignation from environmental activists and some congressional Democrats. Earlier this month, Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia blasted DeJoy’s decision as “antediluvian” and said it posed a threat to the government’s ability to fight climate change.“The average age of the postal fleet is 30 years,” Connolly said in a statement. “They’re spewing pollution and they are guzzling gas.
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