Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Appliances with an Energy Star label have met certain energy-efficiency benchmarks. First put into place 33 years ago under the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aerial view of an apartment complex courtyard surrounded by solar panels on roof. But that’s now at risk. In May 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to eliminate the Energy Star ...

The Trump administration tried to end the government's Energy Star program last year, but now Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed into law — bipartisan budget legislation that has the ...

TWINSBURG, Ohio — When Judy Sautner recently walked into Power Appliance, a store in a southeastern suburb of Cleveland, she had one goal in mind: replace her daughter’s broken dryer with something ...

Amid recent reports of the Environmental Protection Agency planning to do away with the Energy Star appliance certification program, the only certainty is the unpredictability that will rule in the ...

The Trump administration is poised to eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star program, a measure that would reverberate through millions of U.S. households and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives ...

The Energy Star program is one of the federal government’s most cost-effective, broadly supported initiatives. The blue star label is trusted by consumers, hailed by the private sector and favored by ...