ASSOCIATED PRESS • April 28, 2022
Sixteen states and several. environmental groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its mail delivery fleet. Two lawsuits, filed Thursday in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.Both target the environmental review underpinning the planned purchase of up to 165,000 next-generation delivery vehicles over the next decade. The Postal Service defended its actions.