Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Trump administration announces ‘illegal’ rollback of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> standards<br>Trump administration is attempting to wipe decades of efficiency standards off the books.<br>The agency is trying to rollback 47 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> it says are “burdensome and costly,” including more than a dozen efficiency standards for appliances and battery chargers. The proposed rules target the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPCA</span></a>), which contains an anti-backsliding provision.<br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/665213/energy-efficiency-standards-rollback-trump-doe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/665213/energ</span><span class="invisible">y-efficiency-standards-rollback-trump-doe</span></a></p>