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USPS trucks: 16 states, D.C., activists sue to block purchase of gas-guzzling vehicles; By Jacob BogageQuicklink Submitted By Susan Lee Schwartz 4 comments
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The suits brought by the state attorneys general, Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council contend that the mail service relied on faulty assumptions and miscalculations to justify spending as much as $11.3 billion on gas-powered vehicles that get 8.6 mpg, which is only incrementally better than the 30-year-old vehicles now in use."
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