Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and ALEXA ST. JOHN
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly refrigerators, dishwashers and other electronics and save money on electric bills, consumer and environmental groups said.
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