"With recent reports of lax standards [1] resulting in granting Energy Star labels to dubious products, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy are accelerating steps to bolster verification, testing and enforcement of the program [2]."
"A memo [3] to DOE chief Steven Chu and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called for a “rapid 180-degree shift” in how the program is administered."
Links:
[1] http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-energy-star27-2010mar27,0,5484455.story
[2] http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/a1681df7e5a27357852577050058fd62!OpenDocument
[3] http://www.energystar.gov/ia/news/downloads/Joint_Letter_with_DOE_EPA_Building_a_Stronger_Energy_Star_Program.pdf