President Biden set efficiency rules for dozens of appliances that are expected to cut billions of tons of greenhouse emissions. Despite his rhetoric, Nicolas Rivero talked to NCLC senior attorney Charlie Harak about how Trump has few effective ways to reverse them for coverage appearing in The Washington Post on November 18, 2024.
“Although it’s hard to roll back a standard that’s already in place, it’s not that hard to slow-walk all of the standards that need to be looked at every year. Landlords are not going to invest in more-efficient products unless the inefficient ones are driven off the market by standards.”
Charlie Harak, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center.
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