Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Federal Court Throws Wrench Into Biden Admin’s War On Appliances

Federal Court Throws Wrench Into Biden Admin’s War On Appliances - NICK POPE
"A federal appeals court shot down the Biden administration’s efforts to repeal (Trump imposed!) existing regulations on dishwashers and clothes washers on Monday.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a legal battle between eleven red states and the federal government over the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to impose energy and water efficiency standards for dishwashers and clothes washers that asserted it “is unclear that DOE has statutory authority to regulate water use in dishwashers and clothes washers,” according to the opinion’s text. 

  • The Biden administration has attempted to push new standards for both appliances since coming into office in 2021 as part of a wider push to nudge the market toward more energy efficient appliances, which in some cases are generally  less effective than their other models, the court asserted in its opinion...

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