http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/06/bill-would-reverse-green-initiatives-new-federal-buildings/64949/?oref=govexec_today_nl

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to repeal a law requiring federal buildings to use less fossil fuel generated energy, saying the provision is detrimental to the coal industry.

The legislation -- sponsored by Reps. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.; Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.; Dave McKinley, R-W.Va.; and William Enyart, D-Ill. -- would undo a part of the 2007 Energy Conservation and Production Act that applies to new or modified federal buildings costing at least $2.5 million.

“The buildings shall be designed so that the fossil fuel-generated energy consumption of the buildings is reduced, as compared with such energy consumption by a similar building in fiscal year 2003,” the 2007 law reads. The provision called for a 55 percent reduction in fossil fuel usage by 2010 and its complete elimination in new and modified buildings by 2030.