Say goodbye to the old-style light bulb. On Wednesday, it will become illegal to manufacture or import 60- and 40-watt incandescent bulbs because of federally mandated efficiency standards signed into ...

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The government mandated phase-out of traditional incandescent light bulbs began in 2012. That year, the old 100-watt incandescent bulb got the boot, and in 2013, the 75-watt bulb was nixed. 2014 will ...

A third of Americans say they%27ll hoard old light bulbs being phased out On Jan. 1%2C 60-watt and 40-watt incandescents can%27t be made in or imported into U.S. The bulbs will remain on store shelves ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The end of the 2012 also marks the end of the 75-watt household light bulb. And the new year means that the days of the ubiquitous 60-watt bulb and less-loved 40-watter are also ...

Eddie Ramos, manager at the Rocky's Ace Hardware store in Agawam holds one of the new compact flourescent light bulbs that will be replacing traditional 40-watt light bulbs, at right, this year. (Dave ...

In just a few years, incandescent light bulbs have become a thing of the past — replaced by more energy efficient and affordable compact fluorescent bulbs. But now General Electric says it has a ...

A familiar household staple — the 60-watt incandescent bulb, along with the 40-watt — is being phased out, and will soon be as obsolete as the rotary dial telephone It’s been 134 years since Thomas ...

Brian James needed a light bulb. Just one little bulb to replace a 40-watt light that burned out in his stairwell. How hard can that be? Pretty hard, it turns out. “I’m balancing the expense versus ...

That schedule apparently remains intact despite maneuvers this month by Republican lawmakers opposed the federal efficiency standards, especially for light bulbs. Led by U.S. Rep. Joseph Barton, a ...

All the way from the generating plant to the house, from the switch on the wall to the last bit of wiring in the ceiling, every inch of residential wiring is engineered to accept a designed electrical ...

For those who thought that the departure of Mike Bloomberg would mean an end to nannyism, fear not. The federal government has stepped into the breach left by the man who warred on Big Gulp sodas, ...