A.G. Gancarski
President Donald Trump is striking a blow against a law passed when George Herbert Walker Bush was President.
“Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets — promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486) — make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional. “Efficiency” standards render other American appliances like clothes washers and dishwashers less useful, more breakable, and more expensive to repair. The Federal Government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers’ lives worse,” Trump said in an executive order Friday.
In a fight against what he calls “unnecessary radical green agenda policies,” Trump is changing policy regarding “water and energy use in dishwashers … water use in faucets … water use in showerheads … water use in water closets … and water use in urinals.”
Trump also calls on “the Secretary of Energy to publish in the Federal Register a notice clarifying the Waiver of Federal Preemption of State regulations covered by the application of ‘Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Waiver of Federal Preemption of State Regulations Concerning the Water Use or Water Efficiency of Showerheads, Faucets, Water Closets and Urinals.'”
7 comments
MH/Duuuval
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 am
Trump has probably never paid a water bill in his life, but each year water becomes scarcer and more dear.
But, who are we to deny Trump a free-flowing shower head?
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Michael K
May 10, 2025 at 11:32 am
Trump has never spent time in Western states where water is scarce, or as MH says, he’s never paid a water bill. Conservation and conserving natural resources is a fact of life in places where water is a scarce resource.
Here in Florida, our main source of drinking water (90%) is the Florida Aquifer, which is under serious threat due to rising sea levels (bringing saltwater into once pristine springs), overpopulation, overpumping, and shrinking water table levels. Think we won’t face a water crisis here? Think again.
It’s just pure ignorance and idiocy to rally against energy efficiency and conservation of precious natural resources. And stupidly expensive. But billionaires don’t concern themselves with utility bills or pencils.
Steven Kirn
May 10, 2025 at 12:23 pm
What is the evidence that these water conservation policies and devices are “useless”? Not that that would matter to this President. This is just another example of something that Trump finds personally annoying, or he just doesn’t like in general (in this case, not getting sufficient water to rinse his “beautiful hair” (as he calls it), or paper straws (“They don’t work!”) are turned immediately into yet another Executive Order. Never mind the environment, impact on wildlife or whatever. If it displeases His Highness, it is history. Only he matters.
Probably didn’t pass middle school civics
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 pm
Who is your headline writer? Since written in 1787 the Constitution has never permitted presidents to unilaterally “roll back” laws. C’’Mon. What is wrong with a little accuracy and use “regs” instead?
MH/Duuuval
May 10, 2025 at 2:25 pm
Note: Trump declared a state of emergency on Day one and has not let up since with a flood of dubious executive orders that subvert established law and the Constitution. Are you good with this?
TJC
May 10, 2025 at 5:04 pm
What’s not accurate here? The headline uses the phrase “Trump issues edict.” The third line of the article states, “President Donald Trump is striking a blow against a law…”, and that law is identified on lines six and seven, “the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486)”.
Further, “roll back” is defined as “to reduce (something, such as a commodity price) to or toward a previous level on a national scale.” In Trump’s case, he wants the old shower heads back on a national scale, apparently — a most important undertaking for the President of the United States.