You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

People who want greener homes and lower electricity bills are increasingly switching to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), but the spiral-shaped bulbs are turning off some consumers because ...

Do you remember making the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs? Today, switching to LEDs offers even more benefits in terms of efficiency and safety.

A family has lost their home to a fire caused by using a compact fluorescent light bulb in a lampcontrolled by a dimmer switch. The state fire marshal's office says such fires are rare, but they're a ...

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Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are ...

Lightbulbs are synonymous with bright ideas — in cartoons, at any rate. But compact fluorescent bulbs can also be a small, yet brilliant, step toward energy efficiency. The Department of Energy says ...

After my column about my day at GE Lighting in East Cleveland, I heard from many of you who said, in effect, nice column -- but why didn't you answer my question about compact fluorescent and LED ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at what's behind a new ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs, and ...

You bought compact fluorescent light bulbs to save energy. Now, having done your part to help the environment, you’re stuck with a significant source of mercury pollution. Unlike conventional light ...