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Environmental Protection Agency

  • FILE - Delivery trucks arrive at the loading dock at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. The Environmental Protection Agency is raising concerns about a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks, saying the effort does not include enough electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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    EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles; SC firm to make 1000
    Matthew Daly/Associated Press
    The Environmental Protection Agency says a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden's goals to slow global warming. In a sharply worded letter, the EPA says the Postal Service plan to make 10% of its next-generation fleet electric is a "crucial lost opportunity to more rapidly reduce the carbon footprint of one of the largest government fleets in the world." A Postal Service spokeswoman says the agency is reviewing the EPA letter.