The head of the Environmental Protection Agency program concedes that not enough has been done to urge people to recycle CFL bulbs and make it easier for them to do so.

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Among them: enactment of a national speed limit of 65 miles per hour, freight industry participation in an Environmental Protection Agency program to reduce fuel consumption, and a reduction of highway congestion by raising the fuel tax if necessary.

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Energy Star is a joint program of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

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