Biden admin launched an aggressive campaign targeting home appliances with eco regulations in 2023
Appliance regulations are 'clearly being done as part of the climate agenda,' an energy expert said
CEI’s Ben Lieberman was cited in Fox News on the targeting of home appliances:
“Ostensibly, these DOE efficiency standards are supposed to benefit consumers. That’s the way the law is written,” Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview. “But they’re clearly being done as part of the climate agenda, especially this agenda to electrify everything.”
Experts, including Lieberman, have repeatedly warned over the last 12 months that the Biden administration’s energy efficiency actions will ultimately harm consumers and drive prices higher since manufacturers will be forced to adopt newer technologies to achieve the standards.
Read the full article on Fox News.