From Sierra Club's Action Daily.

ENERGY: Bush Considers Efficiency Rule Roll-Back

The Bush administration is considering rolling back newly-issued appliance
efficiency standards, reports the Associated Press. The standards would
require that air conditioners and heat pumps use 30 percent less energy by
2006. Environmentalists estimate that improving residential air
conditioning standards alone by 30 percent would eliminate the need for
about 155 large power plants by 2020. If Bush is aiming to burnish his
environmental image before Earth Day, when is he going to start?

Read more online:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010404/pl/appliance_standards_1.html

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