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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 5072907" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://environmentamerica.org/news/amc/electrify-ups-new-campaign-calls-global-shipping-company-transition-electric-delivery" target="_blank"><strong>Electrify UPS: New campaign calls on global shipping company to transition to electric delivery trucks - Environment America</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Environment America Research & Policy Center <a href="https://fb.watch/9meZ4G12NC/" target="_blank">launched</a> a new campaign Thursday calling on the United Parcel Service (UPS) to purchase all electric vehicles for their delivery fleet of 125,000 vehicles by 2030. </p><p></p><p>“Delivering packages to our doorsteps shouldn’t come with the unhealthy add-on of air pollution and a warmer climate,” said Wendy Wendlandt, president of Environment America Research & Policy Center. “As the world’s largest courier, UPS has a responsibility and opportunity to lead the shipping industry to an electric future with zero-emission trucks.”</p><p></p><p>Transportation, including the iconic brown UPS trucks, is the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions" target="_blank">leading source</a> of global warming pollution in the United States. Shipping companies like UPS operate fleets of largely diesel-powered trucks that drive in our neighborhoods and near our homes every day. The delivery trucks and tractor trailers that deliver consumer goods are also responsible for <a href="https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/TransportationWhitePaper.pdf" target="_blank">nearly half</a> of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions and <a href="https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/TransportationWhitePaper.pdf" target="_blank">nearly 60%</a> of the fine particulate matter from all vehicles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 5072907, member: 1"] [URL='https://environmentamerica.org/news/amc/electrify-ups-new-campaign-calls-global-shipping-company-transition-electric-delivery'][B]Electrify UPS: New campaign calls on global shipping company to transition to electric delivery trucks - Environment America[/B][/URL] Environment America Research & Policy Center [URL='https://fb.watch/9meZ4G12NC/']launched[/URL] a new campaign Thursday calling on the United Parcel Service (UPS) to purchase all electric vehicles for their delivery fleet of 125,000 vehicles by 2030. “Delivering packages to our doorsteps shouldn’t come with the unhealthy add-on of air pollution and a warmer climate,” said Wendy Wendlandt, president of Environment America Research & Policy Center. “As the world’s largest courier, UPS has a responsibility and opportunity to lead the shipping industry to an electric future with zero-emission trucks.” Transportation, including the iconic brown UPS trucks, is the [URL='https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions']leading source[/URL] of global warming pollution in the United States. Shipping companies like UPS operate fleets of largely diesel-powered trucks that drive in our neighborhoods and near our homes every day. The delivery trucks and tractor trailers that deliver consumer goods are also responsible for [URL='https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/TransportationWhitePaper.pdf']nearly half[/URL] of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions and [URL='https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/TransportationWhitePaper.pdf']nearly 60%[/URL] of the fine particulate matter from all vehicles. [/QUOTE]
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