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  • June 2008

    • EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs

      Der Spiegel  |  Jun 19, 08 2:07 CDT

      EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs

      (Newser) - The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015.  More »

  • April 2007

    • The Battle Of the Bulbs

      Washington Post  |  Apr 30, 07 2:00 CDT

      The Battle Of the Bulbs

      (Newser) - She's from Venus, he's from Mars when it comes to. . . compact fluorescent light bulbs. Right-thinking men everywhere are boldly buying and screwing the environmentally friendly bulbs into sockets all over the house, the Washington Post reports, while women are, in turn, unscrewing them and going back to incandescent. More »

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