The USPS announcement “sets the bar for the rest of the federal government, and, importantly, the rest of the world,' the White House said.
The post office said it is spending nearly $10 billion to electrify its aging fleet, including installing a modern charging infrastructure at hundreds of postal facilities nationwide and purchasing at least 66,000 electric delivery trucks in the next five years. The spending includes $3 billion in funding approved under a landmark climate and health policy adopted by Congress last year.
“It’s wonderful that the Postal Service will be at the forefront of the switch to clean electric vehicles, with postal workers as their ambassadors,’’ said John Podesta, a senior White House adviser. “It will get people thinking, ‘if the postal worker is driving an EV, I can drive an EV, too.’’ “As I have said in the past, if we can achieve those objectives in a more environmentally responsible way, we will do so,” he said in a statement Tuesday.
A smiling Podesta shook hands with DeJoy and called him “unforgettable’' — a sharp contrast to White House criticism early this year when DeJoy announced a plan that would have made just 10% of the agency’s next-generation fleet electric. The White House and Environmental Protection Agency slammed the Postal Service, an independent agency, for underestimating greenhouse gas emissions and failing to consider more environmentally sound alternatives.
“Instead of receiving pollution with their daily mail packages, communities across the U.S. will get the relief of cleaner air,’’ she said.
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