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5.20.25
Kristin Toussaint
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Why Energy Star works so well—and why the private sector can’t replace it
Trump wants to end Energy Star. One of the program’s original designers explains why it’s so unique, and important.
Deb Cloutier, president and founder of the sustainability firm RE Tech Advisors, criticizes the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate the Energy Star program as contradictory to its stated goal of lowering energy costs, arguing that the highly successful initiative, which saves consumers over $40 billion annually, cannot be easily replaced.
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