The Trump administration has moved the energy-efficiency program for appliances from the EPA to the Department of Energy, according to a memorandum of agreement signed Tuesday.
The shakeup of the successful Energy Star program—widely recognized as a model of a public-private partnership—was not surprising, given that Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin has spoken in the past about either shifting it to DOE or privatizing it.
Energy Star is a voluntary labeling program under which the federal government—until now, the EPA—sets energy efficiency standards and allows products that meet them to display the Energy Star logo. Those stickers give consumers ...
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