Proposed Coin-Op Washer Efficiency Standard is Short on Change

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Although most U.S. families wash their clothes at home, the laundry needs of about one out of five households are met by commercial washers in self-service laundromats and the laundry rooms of apartments and dorms.  And now, the government has proposed increasing the standards for the energy- and water-efficiency of commercial washers, but only a little bit.