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NEWS ABOUT: low-energy light bulbs

low-energy light bulbs stories: 4 news summaries

 Race for Better Light Bulb 
 Heats Up 

Philips bids for US government's $10M 'L Prize'

Sep 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch electronics giant Philips has created an LED light bulb that, if it lives up to its billing, could claim the US government’s coveted “L Prize.” More important, the new bulb could inherit the 60-watt bulb’s throne. The Energy Department is offering $10 million—and a... More »

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compact fluorescent bulbs • electronics • Netherlands • light bulb • US government • Philips • LEDs • fluorescent light bulbs • low-energy light bulbs • Energy Dept.

 Maine Law Targets CFL Mercury 

Bill will make manufacturers lower mercury content, pay for safe recycling

May 29, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maine has become the first state in the nation to tackle the problem of mercury in low-energy light bulbs, the Boston Globe reports. A new state law requires manufacturers to reduce the amount of the toxic metal in the bulbs and pay for the cost of safe recycling, a measure... More »

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compact fluorescent bulbs • light bulb • Maine • mercury • low-energy light bulbs

 EU May Turn Off 
 Edison's Bulbs 

Switch to low-energy bulbs could save $12b a year

Dec 9, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Union may ban incandescent light bulbs, replacing them with low-energy lighting that would slash 13.2 million tons of carbon emissions and create energy savings equal to taking 11 million European households off the grid, reports the BBC. A new report urges the European parliament to follow the... More »

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greenhouse gases • European Union • CO2 • fluorescent light bulbs • Thomas Edison • low-energy light bulbs • energy conservation

 Gore's New Hard
 Truth: Nothing
 Is Changing 

Climate change too low on priority list: Gore

Apr 21, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the impact of his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the success of Live Earth concerts and news stories about melting ice caps, little has changed and action is needed more urgently than ever to stem global warming, Al Gore tells the Sun. The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president believes it's... More »

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climate change • recycling • Al Gore • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • An Inconvenient Truth • polar ice caps • Live Earth • Nobel Peace Prize • low-energy light bulbs • Oscars

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