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GreenNews - USA - Four federal agencies agree to buy more alternative fuel vehicles
SAN FRANCISCO,Cal,USA -Associated Press, by Terence Chea -Dec 01, 2005: -- Four federal agencies have settled a lawsuit with environmental groups and have agreed to buy thousands of vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, ethanol, propane and other alternative fuels... The federal government currently owns about 600,000 cars and light trucks. It's unclear exactly what percentage of that fleet is required to be alternative fuel vehicles because some agencies are exempt from the purchasing requirements of the 1992 energy law... The environmental groups still are waiting for the federal court's decision on another part of the lawsuit that seeks to force the Energy Department to require large private fleets, such as those run by FedEx Corp. or United Parcel Service Inc., to buy alternative fuel vehicles...
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