Alliance to Save Energy Commends Bush Administration On Energy- Efficiency Budget; Urges Congress To Increase Funding to Enhance Energy Security

U.S. Newswire, February, 2002

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Alliance to Save Energy today commends President Bush's fiscal year 2003 budget request for energy efficiency, noting that the administration has come a long way since last year's threatened 30 percent cuts in R&D. The proposed Department of Energy budget for energy-efficiency overall will remain roughly flat at $904.3 million, a 1 percent cut from current levels. The request for the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program will also remain relatively flat.

"At this time of increased public awareness of the link between energy security and homeland security," says Alliance President David M. Nemtzow, "energy efficiency remains the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil and...

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