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Court overturns Bush air conditioner efficiency standard |
Washington DC - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled the Bush administration was wrong to scrap a Clinton-era efficiency standard for home air conditioners and impose a less stringent one.
The ruling was the second legal setback for the administration on an environmental issue in three weeks. Just before Christmas, another federal court put on hold a program to ease air pollution requirements on industrial and power plants.
The appliance standard issued by the Energy Department in May 2002 would have required manufacturers to increase the minimum energy efficiency of home central air conditioners by 20 percent, beginning in 2006.
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Jan 14 Thank GOD There is a federal court.- Ryan
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