Congress just provided a lifeline to Energy Star, a government-run program that saves homeowners billions of dollars annually, after the Trump administration targeted it for elimination.
The US House on Thursday passed a bipartisan 2026 spending package for environmental agencies that includes roughly $33 million in the Environmental Protection Agency budget for Energy Star, a program co-managed by the Department of Energy. That would keep the program’s funding relatively flat.
The bill, which provides $8.8 billion for the EPA as a whole, still needs to be reconciled with the Senate and signed by President Donald Trump before it becomes law.
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