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Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program after 3 decades.
Launched in 1992, EPA's Energy Star has saved consumers more than $500 billion in energy costs, according to the federal program.
The slides were also confirmed by a union representing government employees, which said the workers were told at the meeting that the Energy Star program would be eliminated. During his first term, President Trump had sought to close the Energy Star program, but the effort was abandoned after pushback from appliance manufacturers and lawmakers in both parties. "Trump claimed he'd lower prices on Day 1, but by eliminating this program, he will force Americans to buy appliances that cost more to run and waste more energy," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island and the EPW ranking member, in an Tuesday email to CBS News.
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