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Audio News Release: Greenhouse Gas Study
U.S Postal Service
October 15, 2009

INTRO:

As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, the Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions. And, at one-tenth of 1 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in America, that’s pretty green for an agency with 220,000 vehicles and 34,000 facilities.

Sam Pulcrano is the vice president of Sustainability for the Postal Service.

PULCRANO SOUNDBITE:

WE’RE GREENER THAN YOU THINK. FROM THE LARGEST CIVILIAN FLEET OF ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CAPABLE VEHICLES AND LEED-CERTIFIED BUILDINGS TO RECYCLING A QUARTTER MILLION OF TONS OF PAPER AND PLASTIC ANNUALLY, THE POSTAL SERVICE IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY.

CLOSE:

The Postal Service has been honored with more than 70 major environmental awards, including 40 White House Closing the Circle awards for environmental stewardship, the 2009 Climate Action Champion award and the Postal Technology International Environmental Achievement of the Year award.

Preceding audio courtesy of U.S. Postal Service

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.