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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 months ago

Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service

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Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service

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The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. The effort comes a year after the agency was honored for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet.
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    Not without significant and costly effort.

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      Or efforts that would get me put on a list if I described them.

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        That’s what I meant by “costly”.

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