NCL, consumer groups oppose a rider that defunds lighting efficiency standards – National Consumers League

December 15, 2011

Contact: NCL Communications, (202) 835-3323, media@nclnet.org

NCL, along with Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center, and Public Citizen have joined to write Congress a letter urging the opposition any rider to the House Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 3671) that would prohibit the Department of Energy from implementing or enforcing the energy efficiency standards for light bulbs that Congress enacted on a bipartisan basis in 2007.

Click here* to view the letter.

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