Court overturns Bush air conditioner efficiency standard

[Judi Lynn]

Court overturns Bush air conditioner efficiency standard

By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer

January 13, 2004, 7:12 PM EST


WASHINGTON -- 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.

It replaced a regulation calling for a 30 percent increase in efficiency that was issued by the department during the final weeks of the Clinton administration.

In its ruling Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York ruled that the so-called SEER-13 standard issued by the Clinton administration was valid and could not legally be reduced, even though the standard had not yet gone into effect.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--airconditioners0113jan13,0,1943342.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire




hip hip hooray!

[rman]

1. confirms my theory

that * wants to use up the oil asap.

looks like they're in a hurry, for some reason.
imagine global economic collapse, with them having most of the wealth (including caches of oil). seems a perfectly logical goal, within their insane frame of mind.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Could it be that judges

have actually realized if we keep trashing the environment, the atmosphere will become too toxic for human life? If it does, will that mean Bushco 'wins' because they die with the most toys?

[rooboy]

3. Cool !!! n/t

[0007]

4. "The ruling was the second legal setback for the administration"

Wasn't the snowmobile thingy in Yellowstone an environmental issue? So how come the media sez the second? I say third.

[Judi Lynn]

5. You'd better believe it! Thanks, 0007.

What passes as journalism now would make a maggot gag, wouldn't it?

On edit:

I've duped this article. Didn't know I was 16 minutes late.

The earlier one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=313001