On the merits this is just one instance of administrative vandalism among many, but I'm always struck in stories like these by how inexpensive/efficient these legacy government programs are. A year of funding Energy Star is more or less Blake Snell's annual salary. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

I don't know about you, but I don't go showing off the tiny sticker on my appliances to everyone who walks in the door. I do enjoy saving money on my electric bills, though.

No, the signaling is the clowns who will save pennies to get rid of the lib-coded Energy Star.