{"id":1980807,"date":"2023-07-23T14:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-administrations-proposal-for-home-water-heaters-amid-co2-emission-fears\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:48:32","slug":"gop-slams-biden-administrations-proposal-for-home-water-heaters-amid-co2-emission-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-administrations-proposal-for-home-water-heaters-amid-co2-emission-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP criticizes Biden administration&#8217;s home water heater proposal over CO2 emission concerns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-slams-biden-administrations-proposal-for-home-water-heaters-amid-co2-emission-fears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (L) looks\u2063 on as US Energy Secretary \u200cJennifer Granholm (R) \u2064speaks during a \u200cdaily press briefing. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:33 AM \u2013 Sunday, July 23, 2023\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>If a new Department of Energy plan that has been heavily opposed by Republican senators becomes\u200b law, water heaters might soon be subject to considerably stricter\u200c efficiency criteria.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is currently pushing towards\u2062 requiring the majority of electric water \u2063heaters to adopt heat pump technology and gas-fired water heaters to\u200b utilize condensing \u200ctechnology in \u2062a draft regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063proposal was released by the\u2063 Department\u200b of Energy (DOE) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It comes months after the Biden administration sparked a tempest over feared stovetop \u2063rules, with Albany, \u200cNew York, lawmakers\u2064 passing a contentious first-in-the-nation gas stove ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s actions, together with our industry partners and stakeholders, improve outdated efficiency\u200b standards for common household appliances, which is essential to slashing utility bills for American\u2063 families and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-proposes-green-regulation-on-cheap-water-heaters\/\" title=\"Biden admin suggests eco rules for affordable water heaters.\">cutting harmful carbon emissions<\/a>,\u201d said\u200c Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration reportedly claims that the regulation \u201cplan,\u201d which\u2063 is slated to \u2063take effect in 2029, would \u200dsave Americans\u200d $198 billion and reduce CO2 emissions \u200dby 501 million metric tons over the following 30 years. However, these proposed numbers and estimates have been disputed by many analysts from GOP think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Minimum efficiency criteria for oil-fired storage water \u2062heaters, gas-fired water heaters, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-proposes-energy-efficiency-standards-on-water-heaters\/\" title=\"Biden Admin suggests energy efficiency rules for water heaters.\">gas-fired instantaneous water heaters<\/a> will \u200dbe heavily raised by\u200b the department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis proposal\u2064 reinforces the trajectory of consumer savings \u200dthat forms the\u200c key pillar \u2063of Bidenomics and builds on the unprecedented actions already \u2063taken \u200cby this Administration to \u2063lower energy costs for working families across the nation,\u201d Granholm continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the agency, water heating accounts for 23% of consumer utility expenses and yearly residential energy usage.<\/p>\n<p>Congress compels the agency to develop efficiency criteria, and it claims \u2064to have last modified its water heater \u2064policy in\u200d 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Massie, a\u200c Republican U.S. representative for Kentucky\u2019s 4th congressional district since\u2063 2012, shared his thoughts \u2062on the new water-heating proposal on \u200dTwitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p> \u201cLeave us alone. These\u2063 products already\u200b exist in the \u2063free market. Consumers should decide whether the upfront \u2063cost of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thomas-massies-three-word-response-to-bidens-latest-green-energy-scheme\/\" title=\"Massie's concise reply to Biden's green energy plan.\">heat-pump water\u200d heater<\/a> is worth the possible long \u200bterm savings. In many cases, the monthly \u200dsavings never make up for the upfront cost\u2063 of\u200b the equipment,\u201d Massie\u200d said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFrom the\u2063 people who want showers \u2062and faucets without enough water pressure, \u2062dishwashers that \u2064don\u2019t fully\u2063 clean,\u200b washers and dryers that fully wash or \u2063dry, etc., they now want water heaters\u2063 that don\u2019t fully and quickly heat. All in the \u200dname of \u2018environmentalism\u2019 or \u2018climate change,\u2019\u201d said \u2062a separate social media user.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These new\u200d regulations would\u200c apply to\u200b new\u200d water heaters that enter the market in \u200b2029.<\/p>\n<p>The departments emphasized that President Biden\u2019s\u200d Inflation Reduction Act includes \u201ctax credits, rebates, and other \u200cincentives\u201d to help people save money on more efficient water heaters.<\/p>\n<p>The new suggestion has\u2064 already \u2062sparked debate among \u2063many \u200cnotable online users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFirst they \u200ccame \u200cfor your gas \u200cstoves. Then they came for your dishwashers. Next, they came for your \u200dwater heaters and air conditioners.\u200c Now the Biden \u200dapparatchiks are coming\u200d for your portable gas generators,\u201d Forbes \u2062contributor David Blackmon asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In recent months, the government has also taken steps to tighten requirements\u2064 for a variety of \u2063domestic equipment, including\u2062 air \u2064conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, and others. A member of \u200cthe Consumer Product Safety Commission sparked outrage earlier this year\u200d when he suggested that a widespread ban\u2062 on gas\u200b stoves may be\u2064 on the table.<\/p>\n<p>The House voted last month to prevent the federal\u2062 government from doing so\u2064 in the future, and the Senate has not yet\u2062 voted on that bill.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration boasted in December of last \u200byear that it \u2064had taken \u200b110 steps to boost efficiency regulations in \u200c2022 to help its \u201cclimate \u2063change goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kicked \u2063off <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CEM14MI8?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CEM14MI8<\/a> in \u200bGoa, India, by\u2062 expanding on the launch of our Carbon Management Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge inspires countries \u2062to reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-administrations-proposal-for-home-water-heaters-amid-co2-emission-fears\/\" title=\"GOP criticizes Biden administration's home water heater proposal over CO2 emission concerns.\">pollution driving extreme weather events<\/a> around the\u2062 world by ramping up carbon capture, utilization,\u2062 and storage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u56eW8VNyi\">pic.twitter.com\/u56eW8VNyi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Jennifer Granholm (@SecGranholm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecGranholm\/status\/1682541509793521670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u206422, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden-Harris Administration Invests $20 \u200dMillion to Optimize Lifecycle of\u2062 Solar Energy Systems and Minimize Technology Waste. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WDen8P1NqY\">https:\/\/t.co\/WDen8P1NqY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DrG0NYRFC5\">pic.twitter.com\/DrG0NYRFC5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ENERGY Press\u200c Staff (@EnergyPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnergyPress\/status\/1682420599367294977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay\u200d informed! \u200cReceive breaking \u200dnews blasts\u200c directly to your inbox\u200c for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>While other companies go woke, one company is giving back to our military veterans, just in time for summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers file a \u200ccomplaint against Marjorie\u2063 Taylor Greene while we say goodbye to Tony\u200c Bennett.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>One America\u2019s Bridget Bosco spoke with Ben Pauling about the power of storytelling in Sound of Freedom and his movie in the making, Dream,\u200c to show Americans the horror of child sex slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Comedian and Political Commentator, \u200dBobby Sausalito, discusses the latest\u2063 in culture news \u2013 including Anthony Weiner\u2019s\u200c live meltdown, \u2062a golf protest\u200b and the\u200b continued Bud Light controversy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BEIJING (Reuters) \u2013 \u2063Chinese chipmaker Hua Hong Semiconductor said on Sunday it aims to raise \u200dup to 21.2 billion yuan ($2.95 billion)in\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters) \u2013 Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore will pay 200 million pounds ($257.1 million) to British online supermarket group \u200cOcado as part of\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>(Reuters) -Audio-streaming platform Spotify Technology\u200b plans to raise the price\u2064 of its ad-free premium monthly \u2062plan by $1 in the United States,\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Diane Bartz and Krystal Hu WASHINGTON\/NEW YORK (Reuters) -AI companies \u200bincluding OpenAI, \u200dAlphabet and Meta Platforms have made \u2064voluntary commitments to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm address the press. 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