From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org):
You can be the difference in getting this crucial legislation across the finish line.
If we hope to curb our country’s single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, we can’t miss this chance to drive closer toward a clean electric vehicle future.1
The federal Green Postal Service Fleet Act would stop a plan to keep the Postal Service’s massive delivery fleet running on fossil fuels — and instead require that 75% of new vehicles be electric.2
Advocates like you can be the difference in helping get this crucial bill across the finish line. Will you send an urgent message to Congress right now at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=49903?
Spending billions to keep the Postal Service’s 230,000-vehicle fleet locked into fossil fuels means accelerating the climate crisis and putting the future of our kids and grandkids in jeopardy. And yet that’s exactly what the Postal Service’s current plan for buying new delivery vehicles would do.3
It doesn’t have to be this way: The Postal Service’s own Inspector General found that 98% of routes could already be served by electric vehicles and that EVs are much cheaper in the long run.4
When it comes to protecting our climate and our health from harmful pollution, it’s decisions like this one that determine whether we make concrete progress toward a cleaner future, or whether we get stuck in neutral. The Green Postal Service Fleet Act is a huge opportunity to ensure a healthier environment for future generations by leaving dirty transportation in the past.
But our leaders in Congress need to know where their constituents stand. Tell your U.S. House representative: Support the Green Postal Service Fleet Act to reduce pollution from our mail trucks.
1. “Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, last accessed April 22, 2022.
2. “H.R.7018 – Green Postal Service Fleet Act of 2022,” Congress.gov, last accessed April 22, 2022.
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