The federal government’s ban on incandescent light bulbs took effect on Tuesday, more than a decade and a half after such a rule was first proposed intending to promote energy efficiency. A federal ...

America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

We know that LED bulbs save money over time, but they can be expensive initially. Luckily, there are lots of ways to get LED bulbs and energy conservation kits at no cost! My electric company, Duke ...

New federal rules governing the energy efficiency of lighting systems went into full effect Tuesday. They effectively end the sale and manufacture of incandescent light bulbs. You don't have to throw ...

A federal rule that took effect on Tuesday will largely consign one of the world's great inventions — the incandescent light bulb — to the technological dustbin. The rule from the U.S. Department of ...

You can't buy incandescent light bulbs anymore. With a few exceptions, the bulbs – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – have officially ...

New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect, relegating Edison’s glowing orbs to the history books. By Hiroko Tabuchi Hiroko Tabuchi has reported on the climate toll of ...

America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

As a kid, I was inspired by the decorative lighting in my grandparents' finished basement. They had festooned the place with multicolored C9 string lights (aka old-school Christmas lights) from wall ...