The Energy Star program, a hallmark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 1992, faces potential elimination under the Trump administration. This decision could disrupt the lives of countless Americans who rely on the program for guidance ...

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 ...

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Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived the Trump administration’s plans to cut it. The program received sufficient support in Congress that it was included in budget legislation signed this week by President Donald Trump.

It’s a voluntary program launched during a Republican administration, endorsed by manufacturers and well-recognized by U.S. consumers, who have saved an estimated $500 billion over the past 33 years guided by its familiar blue label. But President Donald ...

The Trump administration reportedly plans to cut the program, just as electricity demand is rising in the United States due to the rise in data centers and AI. Since the early ‘90s, the federal government has been rating appliances by their energy ...