White House announces plans to shut down the Energy Star program | It has helped Americans save more than $500 billion since 1992.
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/trump-admin-announces-plans-to-shut-down-the-energy-star-program-184846271.html?guccounter=1
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From the article: The Trump administration has announced plans to eliminate the Energy Star program, as originally reported by The Washington Post. This announcement occurred during an all-hands meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Atmospheric Protection, in which the department was shuttered.
As for Energy Star, this program started all the way back in 1992 under the first Bush administration. This is the department that’s responsible for the iconic yellow stickers on home appliances. The long-standing public-private partnership certifies energy efficient appliances and helps consumers find tax credits for these fixtures.
Data indicates that the program has helped Americans save more than $500 billion in energy costs in the past 33 years. The organization states that the average American saves about $450 per year on energy bills by choosing appliances that have been Energy Star-certified.
The EPA hasn’t said when this would go into effect and when consumers would stop seeing Energy Star certifications on home appliances. It’s technically illegal for a presidential administration to end this program without Congress, but the same goes for many of Trump’s pronouncements and executive orders.
“Eliminating the Energy Star program would directly contradict this administration’s promise to reduce household energy costs,” Paula Glover, president of the nonprofit coalition Alliance to Save Energy, told CNN. “For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
So even less non americans will buy US made products. Lol, the orange emperor is really the US’ worst enemy!
Everything the Republicans do is designed to hurt somebody. Tell me, honestly… what have they done recently that actually helped anyone except the ultra-wealthy?
One thing is for sure, the US is trying to undo years if not decades of progress in merely months.
Pretty much every single thing these morons do is farting in bathtubs. https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3c858f17-0052-4d5f-8899-2a05e54959b1
The war on progress continues one step at a time 🤦🏻♂️
Continuing their goal to undo all the progress of the last century, burn it all down to ashes so they can replace everything in their own image.
Now you just need to use our European energy rating system.
You know that when it aint reviewed i nEU you probably don’t want to buy it
The country… scratch that… the WORLD, needs this President to go away for good. He thinks his country has unlimited energy which is untrue obviously. Think whatever you want about Oil, but the repercussions of this thinking affect the whole planet!
The irony of Trump is all the billions he is stealing for his family won’t matter much without clear air, clean water and a world to live in.
The Trump administration, killing everything they do not understand, or that threatens their insecurities.
I hope Gen Z is paying attention. In a decade when they ask why we don’t have this or that… we did and then you helped elect this monster who ruined anything that didn’t help the 1%. Boomers voting for him was ew, Gen Z voting for him is pathetic.
This decision is a shining example of the administration’s commitment to saving Americans money… NOT.
Honestly it feels like I’m watching professional wrestling and the heel is just doing what the heel does while the crowd mostly boos and jeers – and yet others applaud. Nobody actually does anything… they just stand by and eat popcorn saying “no he didn’t, can you believe that”
Why is my president who didn’t freaking vote for so stupid
Orange fucking nightmare does not want Americans saving money on anything. The biggest asshole to ever come to office
Every decision Trump makes is to enrich billionaires and solidify their power.
Can there just be a day where this idiot DOESN’T do something stupid or illegal?
PLEASE!?
By God if it helps the American people..it has to go!
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Hou will pry my Energy Star boot logo from my dead cold hands.
This is going to save the govt so much money! The program is nearly .0032% of the DoD’s proposed next budget.
Does anyone else notice that trump has done absolutely nothing to help working people and everything to destroy us and the planet we all live on?
Huh. It’s sad, I keep hoping that the damages in seeing are relatively short lived maybe a decade or 2, but honestly this kind of stuff sticks, I don’t really want to be enjoying American prosperity in 30 years when this shit has turned us into a 2nd world country. Might actually move out of the U.S. Wow that’s nuts to think about.
Because this is exactly what we all think about when listing issues that need to be solved. Thank you! /s
I saw that video recently on Reddit of gas powered kitchen appliances and shavers etc. Hopefully Trump doesn’t see it, lol
I thought we had an energy problem?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-energy-emergency/
I’ll sure miss the energy star 💫 logo when booting up computers in the 80’s and 90’s
This is really bewildering to witness. We’re being dismantled, no, torn down at breakneck speed.
More rage-bait actions to distract from the backroom secret deals with billionaires and countries.
What even is the point of undoing everything that “works”?
This feels like a huge step backwards just when clean energy momentum is finally building, I mean, why woudl you shut down a program aimed at improving energy efficiency and sustainability? Short-term cuts now could cost us way more in the long run.
Only the most evil, out of pocket shit for Repugnantcans.
So he wants to bring manufacturing back to the us to ‘fix’ the trade deficit, but also do everything he can to force American manufacturers to be as out of step with international standards as possible.
He’s nothing but a vandal. How obvious does it have to be that his purpose and intent is to destroy the ability of the US to govern itself?
This administration doesnt want anyone to have anything nice….this is a great program and helps all of us make comparisons between products and has for mist of my life
I really hate these people
This is horrible. Just rolling the time back to 1960. This is not a good leader for the USA nor the world.
This is going to be the least satisfying “I told you so” of all time… maybe ever.
“Eliminating the Energy Star program would directly contradict this administration’s promise to reduce household energy costs,” Paula Glover, president of the nonprofit coalition Alliance to Save Energy, told CNN. “For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
What a silly statement. And they are also acting like private industries don’t already have certifications for various efficiencies of products. For example power supplies. You have the whole 80+ gold, silver, bronze, platinum, titanium etc.
The idea that removing a program means that consumers will buy less efficient appliances is absurd. Also there is no mention that sometimes the energy star appliances are hundreds if not thousands of dollars more expensive. The above quote doesn’t suggest this, and instead implies that there are only savings to be had.
For some things like a water heater, is it worth it to spend $500 more for energy star? Probably not. You’ll probably never recoup the additional upfront cost.
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I don’t know what to do anymore. There’s no way my family will survive intact by the end of his term.
Trump is not about the common people saving money, he’s about the rich getting more of our national treasure.
Again, am fairly certain these were things defined by project 2025 nearly word for word. The underlying goal is to completely dismantle all government oversight, particularly in the realm of environmental protections. The goal is to do so much damage the next admin will have no clue where to start to fix it. Nice work people who refused to vote.
This is payback from Trump because of low flow shower heads….
I suspect the savings is precisely why Republicans want to kill the program. In their minds that is profit companies didn’t make… can’t have that!
That’s what conservatives do. They get rid of all social programs, especially the one helping minorities.
“Oh no we don’t have any energy and need more power plants.” This is so dumb. I work in energy. Making a supplier create energy efficient products is to everyone’s benefit. If we didn’t force it on phone chargers and all small usb chargers we’d be in serious trouble right now. These people are know nothings and proud of it.