Employees were told that the popular energy efficiency certification program would be “de-prioritized and eliminated,” according to documents and a recording.
The Energy Star program falls under the division of the EPA in charge of climate change and energy efficiency. EPA head Zeldin, under instruction from Trump, is eliminating that whole wing of employees as their function is not something mandated by law to be done.
This is to support the initiative for more powerful toilets, showers, and other appliances, and also to further crush the federal workers unions, who were barred from participating in the discussion of eliminating all these jobs.
Trump had already tried and failed to kill Energy Star in his first term. In more of his stellar business sense, while this program cost $32 million, but saved consumers $40 billion in energy costs.
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The Energy Star program falls under the division of the EPA in charge of climate change and energy efficiency. EPA head Zeldin, under instruction from Trump, is eliminating that whole wing of employees as their function is not something mandated by law to be done.
This is to support the initiative for more powerful toilets, showers, and other appliances, and also to further crush the federal workers unions, who were barred from participating in the discussion of eliminating all these jobs.
Trump had already tried and failed to kill Energy Star in his first term. In more of his stellar business sense, while this program cost $32 million, but saved consumers $40 billion in energy costs.