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States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks

A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., on Dec. 3, 2021. (Nam Y. Huh / AP)

California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet.

Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the states and environmental groups in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.

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