The House on Thursday scuttled stricter energy efficiency standards for walk-in and commercial refrigerators and freezers, the latest target in the GOP’s broad effort to undo several Biden-era clean energy rules.
Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines on two separate Congressional Review Act measures that repeal Energy Department rules finalized during the last administration. One (
Republicans said the stricter conservation standards for the appliances, used in restaurants, convenience stores, and supermarkets, would cripple ...