"Public Pressure works": USPS announces Major Change to Plans for Electric Postal Vans After Backlash

21 Jul 2022 | Abstracted from Raw Story

"Pressure from progressive advocacy groups and lawmakers bore fruit on Wednesday when the U.S. Postal Service announced that it would be making 40% of its new delivery vehicles electric, up from...initial plan to electrify just 10% of the mail agency's aging fleet."

"According to Earthjustice, its supporters alone submitted more than 100,000 public comments to protest DeJoy's attempt to purchase...gas-powered postal trucks."

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