Daily printout: Oct. 1

The Postal Service is spotlighting its Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail stamps sold at a price above the cost of a regular stamp to raise funds for causes determined to be in the national public interest. The current price of a semipostal stamp is $1.

The Breast Cancer Research stamp — the organization’s first semipostal — was issued on July 29, 1998, in Washington, DC. As of July 2026, it has raised $99.8 million for its cause. Of the funds raised, 70 percent go to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent to the Defense Department’s medical research program.

The image on the stamp depicts a woman with her right arm raised, reaching behind her head in the position recommended for breast self-examination. Whitney Sherman provided the artwork; Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.

The stamp is sold in sheets of 20 and is available at Post Offices and usps.com.

USPS facility leaders and employees may promote the stamp in October but must follow the organization’s rules on semipostal activities.

Employees should email the USPS Ethics Office with questions.

The Postal Service is highlighting its increasing use of solar energy during October’s Energy Action Month, a federal government initiative that promotes sustainability and efficiency.

The Postal Service uses power purchase agreements, or PPAs, to provide solar power for some facilities and to avoid significant upfront costs.

These PPAs provide competitively priced electricity while third-party providers own, operate and maintain the solar power generators.

USPS currently has five facilities using solar power PPAs — two in California, and one each in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Washington, DC — with seven more planned.

The organization surpassed its goal of achieving 10 percent renewable energy consumption in fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Currently, 13.3 percent of the organization’s electricity consumption is from renewable sources.

The Postal Service is also using solar energy and renewable energy credits to reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by fiscal year 2030 from a baseline established in fiscal year 2021.

“USPS is committed to advancing our solar footprint and reducing our emissions,” said Jennifer Beiro-Reveille, senior director of Environmental Affairs and Corporate Sustainability.

More information about the Postal Service’s sustainability efforts and the 2026 Impact Report are available at usps.com.

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The latest episode of “Mailin’ It!,” the USPS podcast, explores the business of online shopping returns and reverse logistics.

The guest is Nagee Jackson, the Postal Service’s director of new business acquisition.

The 27-minute episode was released Sept. 29 and is available on Link and other postal websites, as well as most podcast platforms.