President Joe Biden's Department of Energy will propose a new rule to make residential, natural gas furnaces more energy-efficient and it would be the country's first significant update to furnace standards since the 1990s.
Mandatory Credit:	Peter Byrne/AP

President Joe Biden's Department of Energy will propose a new rule to make residential, natural gas furnaces more energy-efficient and it would be the country's first significant update to furnace standards since the 1990s.
Mandatory Credit: Peter Byrne/AP

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President Joe Biden's Department of Energy on Monday will propose a new rule to make residential, natural gas furnaces more energy-efficient. It would be the country's first significant update to furnace standards since the 1990s.