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CNN reported Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to shutter the Energy Star program. First launched under President George H.W. Bush in 1992, Energy Star sets voluntary ...

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly refrigerators, dishwashers ...

By Ron Lieber There’s a good chance you’re part of the nearly 90 percent of American households that are aware of the Energy Star label that shows up on home appliances when you’re shopping ...

The Trump administration is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program, which highlights energy efficient home appliances. According to a source, staffers were ...

The Energy Star label has been the official US designation for appliances with low energy requirements since the program was first introduced by President George Bush in 1992. The label helps ...

That’s exactly what the federal program—which certifies energy-efficient appliances with a well-recognized blue logo with a white star—accomplished for more than 30 years, according to ...

including its consumer-facing Energy Star program, according to two sources familiar with the plan. The agency is planning to shutter its climate change division and climate protection partnership ...

Some words may be mispronounced. If the Trump administration ends the Energy Star program that for decades has clearly marked home appliances that meet energy efficient standards, consumers would ...

If you’ve gone shopping for a home appliance sometime in the last 30 years, you’ve probably noticed a blue “Energy Star” label on certain water heaters, stoves, light bulbs, and even windows.

May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three ...