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GAO: Energy Star program 'vulnerable to fraud and abuse'

04/12/2010
By Bob Tippee
If you planned to apply for an Energy Star rebate for that gasoline-powered alarm clock you've been admiring, you're too late. Although the high-octane timepiece received Energy Star certification for energy-use efficiency, it isn't real. It's one of 15 bogus projects for which the General Accountability Office won program approval in an investigation.Administered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star identifies products and buildings that use energy with superior efficiency. It claims to have helped US energy consumers save nearly $17 billion on utility bills last year."Energy Star provides a trustworthy label on over 60 product categories (and...
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