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 ...

Not all household incandescent light bulbs are going to disappear because they can't meet new federal efficiency standards. That's what some readers wanted to know, along with many other questions, ...

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 ...

LED light bulbs are supposed to save consumers money while also sparing the environment, part of the reason why the federal government effectively banned the old-fashioned incandescent bulb on August ...

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Is the modern incandescent light bulb ready to move from the hallway to the halls of the American History Museum? Politicians seem to think so, but consumers disagree. According to an article in the ...

After 136 years of reining supreme, it looked like the incandescent lightbulb was officially doomed on January 1, 2014 when manufacturers stopped producing them to satisfy a 2007 mandate signed by ...

Not so fast...incandescent bulbs could soon become more efficient thanks to nanotechnology. Mike Kemp/Rubberball/Corbis It was a dark end for a common household object: In 2007, the United States ...

There is a race is on to build better incandescent bulbs that meet the next generation of energy standards. But there’s a ban, you say? To listen to Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, you would ...

DOE is starting to fully enforce rules that phase out nearly all incandescent lightbulbs, part of a Biden administration push on efficiency rules. The incandescent lightbulbs that have been ...