Biden Stalls On Climate Rule That Would Save Americans Money
The Biden administration is racing to finalize regulations to curb planet-heating emissions from lightbulbs, automobiles and trucks before a key deadline, after which any new rules could be undone by Donald Trump if he retakes the White House.With just over six months before the election, at least one major Biden proposal appears to be stalled: an update to the federal housing rules that agency experts estimate would save homeowners nearly three times more money on energy bills than it would add to construction costs, spread out over a 30-year mortgage.Changing those housing rules would impact about 160,000 new houses and condos built each year in some of the nation’s fastest-growing — and most expensive — housing markets. The Biden administration is now looking to the rules as a model fo...
