On Seinfeld, shower heads, and Trump's war on efficiency standards

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The US President has waged a war against energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, washing machines, boilers, cars - and now even showerheads, writes Andrew Warren

US President Donald Trump has spent much of his first four years in office seeking to reduce established energy efficiency standards for many familiar items, from lightbulbs, clothes washers and dryers,...

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