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Dear Friend,
The U.S. Postal Service inspector general just released a report saying that 99% of mail routes should be transferred to electric vehicles.1
But Postmaster General Louis DeJoy—a holdover from the Trump years—is STILL moving forward with spending billions of dollars buying a fleet of 165,000 gas-guzzling trucks that will pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere for decades to come.2 Worse yet, with skyrocketing gas prices, these trucks will be a massive waste of taxpayer dollars.
It’s past time to transition the USPS to green, electric vehicles. But if DeJoy gets away with buying this fleet of gas guzzlers, we’ll be living with the cost and pollution for a generation.
Thanks to the work of Demand Progress members and our allies, there is now widespread awareness that Louis DeJoy is a corrupt Trump crony who should be fired. Now, with your help, we can help push more letters demanding that Congress block this sweetheart deal to a polluting industry.
Will you chip in $10 to Demand Progress and help block DeJoy’s gas guzzlers?
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President Biden has an executive order in place directing that by 2030, half of all new vehicles purchased by the government be zero emissions.3 The USPS fleet is out of date and in dire need of an upgrade, giving the agency the perfect chance to fulfill the executive order, but DeJoy made a deal to buy gas-guzzling trucks that get as little as 8 miles per gallon instead.4
To make matters worse, Oshkosh Defense, the government contractor that got the deal for the trucks, promised to provide 1,000 union jobs, but then transferred the work to a non-union state.5
DeJoy has given the Biden administration and Congress every reason to step in and overrule this purchase. Not only is there Oshkosh’s employment bait-and-switch, but DeJoy’s report on the vehicles estimated a gas efficiency three times better than what the Environmental Protection Agency indicates.6 Given DeJoy’s unethical history, this deal must be stopped.
And with millions of Americans already angry about gas prices, they will be absolutely infuriated to learn that DeJoy wants to spend billions on gas guzzlers instead of efficient electric vehicles.
It’s up to us to sound the alarm through our massive online following and make so much noise the White House and Congress can’t ignore us.
Demand Progress already helped to pass the U.S. Postal Service Reform Act. Now we are activating our 1 million-plus membership to insist that DeJoy’s deal be blocked and the USPS fleet be electrified, and we’re not letting up.
Chip in $10 now and help stop DeJoy’s gas-guzzling truck deal!
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Common Dreams, "Watchdog Finds Postal Service Could Serve 99% of Routes With Electric Fleet," March 22, 2022
2. The New York Times, "Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s Gas Guzzlers Contract," March 14, 2022
3. The White House, "FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Steps to Drive American Leadership Forward on Clean Cars and Trucks," August 5, 2021
4. The New York Times, "Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s Gas Guzzlers Contract," March 14, 2022
5. The American Prospect, "Oshkosh Corporation Seeks Non-Union Labor to Build Postal Trucks," February 14, 2022
6. The New York Times, "Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s Gas Guzzlers Contract," March 14, 2022
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