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Citing High EV Costs, USPS Still Plans To Purchase Gas Delivery Trucks
by Thomas Catenacci

The U.S. Postal Service defended its plan to replace the majority of its delivery vehicles with gas-powered trucks while electrifying some of its 
fleet.

"Our commitment to an electric fleet remains ambitious given the pressing vehicle and safety needs of our aging fleet as well as our dire financial 
condition," (kept in place by Biden), Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement on Sunday.

"The proposed action, which we are evaluating under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), includes an initial order plan for 5,000 electric 
vehicles, and the flexibility to increase the number of electric vehicles introduced should additional funding become available."

The USPS, which has come under fire for the proposal, said it was working towards the electrification of its delivery fleet "as quickly as resources 
and infrastructure will allow."

The agency said it was committed to working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Congress as it moves forward with its fleet 
replacement.

The EPA sent a scathing letter to the USPS Wednesday over its plan, saying that it represented a lost opportunity to lead on climate policy.

The White House said the postal service could be faced with congressional or federal court intervention if the plan wasn't reconsidered in a separate 
letter.

"Absent such funding, we must make fiscally responsible decisions that result in the needed introduction of safer and environmentally cleaner 
vehicles for the men and women who deliver America's mail," he continued.

The USPS unveiled a deal with Wisconsin-based automaker Oshkosh to produce its "next-generation delivery vehicles" over the course of the next decade 
in February 2021.

The deal called for just 10% of its 165,000-vehicle-fleet to be replaced with electric trucks while the remainder would be replaced with fuel-
efficient models.

(kept in place by Biden), DeJoy has explained that the USPS couldn't afford any major electrification based on its current financial situation.

Environmentalists, though, have urged the USPS' governing board to reverse course despite the high cost of replacing the fleet with mostly electric 
vehicles. The group Earthjustice characterized the proposal as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity."

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December:

Murcia's Record Lows

Red Alert In Bidar Amid India's Cold Wave

Italian Alps Hit -31.1c (-24f)

U.S. Cold-Deaths Double Since 1999-The Establishment Blames Global Warming

Japan's Record-Breaking Snowfall

BBC Still Pushing Polar Bear Propaganda

White Christmas For Europe

Bengaluru's Record Cold

Xinjiang Plummets To Record -42.5c

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Higher Now Than In 1979

Bhopal Breaks 58-Year Record

Vostok At -40c (Again)

Extreme Cold And Heavy Snow Slams Finland

Europe Wind Power A "Shit Situation," Says Minister

Winter Weather Grips U.S.

India Reels

Vostok Below -40c

Earth's Magnetic Field: Shifting Poles And A Fragile Future

Snow Hits Malaga, Spain

Cold Wave Sweeps Pakistan

Canadian Prairies Near -40c

Texans Warned Of "Extreme Cold"

Antarctic Sea Ice Nearing 1979-1990 Average

"Excellent" Early-Season Snow Across The Alps

Delhi's Record Cold

Chilly Waters Stun Record Number Of Turtles

Record Cold Grips Indore

Asia Chills

Record Snowfall In Midwest

Another Round Of Arctic Air To Hit Much Of North America

Mumbai's Lowest Temp In A Decade

Northern Hemisphere Cold

Solar Storms Are Possessing Tractors

Russia In The Freezer

India Chills

Northern India's Big Freeze Intensifies

Cold Wave Enters Vietnam

Freezing Lows And Heavy Snows Hit U.S., More To Come

Kashmir Freezes At -18c (-0.4f)

Below Average Antarctic Plateau

Another Round Of Lake-Effect Snow

Cold Waves Lifting Natural Gas Prices

Snow Returns To Scotland And Wider Europe

Global Temperature Tumbles

Antarctic Sea Ice Recovery

Severe Cold Hits Pakistan

Florida Set For Record Cold

Snowy November At Red Mountain

U.S. Battered By Cold And Record Snow

Parts Of Ontario Under A Meter Of Snow

Early-December To Deliver Another Burial To Europe


November:

Six Dead As Record Snowfall Hits South Korea
Farmers In Northern China Struggle During Record Cold/Snow
Harsh Chill Grips India
Canada At -40.6c, Greenland Sees -56.3c
Record Snows Hit Siberia And Russian Far East
ECMWF Forecasts Cold Winter For Europe
Half Of China Registers Record Low Temps, Snow Records Broken
NH Snow Cover Steps Up
Record Russia Snow
Seoul's Heaviest November Snow Since Records Began (In 1907)
Arctic Blast To Impact 230 Million Americans
+ U.S. Cold Front Sends Natgas Futures Soaring Amid Falling Production
India's Cold Wave
Israel's First Snows Of The Season
31 Inches Hit Ukraine
Parts Of Russia Buried
Big White
Northern Hemisphere Burial
Record Cold Headed For Greenland
France Sees Heavy Snow
Turkey Blanketed
Winter Arrives In The U.S.
Record Snowfall In Calgary
Beijing Braces For Cold Wave
Cold, Snowy Europe
England's Lowest Temp Since 2014
Ireland Hits Record Electric Demand
Fierce Winter Forecast For India
Record Snow Clips The U.S.
UK Issued Fresh Snow Warnings
Global Cooling And Storminess
Record Cold And Heavy Snow Grip The Uk
Norway Chills
Harsh Freeze Sweeps Siberia And Mongolia