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EU Approves Groundbreaking New 'Right to Repair' Laws Requiring Appliances to Be Easier to F
• arcleinAccording to BBC, more than 20 US states are currently working on the approval of their own "right to repair" legislation?"but now, the European Commission estimates that their two newly-approved measures, together with the energy labels adopted in March, will deliver 167 TWh of final energy savings per year by 2030. This is equivalent to the annual energy consumption of Denmark and corresponds to a reduction of over 46 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. These measures are also expected to save European households €150 ($163) per year on average.