Administration’s Fuzzy Math Will Undermine Energy Efficiency Savings ^33.5%

www.motherjones.com - By Alison F. Takemura - 7/9/2026, 11:30 AM

Negativity Bias 29.8% - Availability Heuristic 24% - Confirmation Bias 23.3%

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Energy efficiency standards can make it more expensive to construct new buildings, but they save money for residents in the long run. In a new analysis, the Trump administration ignored the second half of that equation—a... more