What environmental and financial impact will the ban have? Not only will banning incandescent light bulbs save energy and reduce carbon emissions, but it will also help save Americans money.

Many countries have phased out incandescent bulbs because they waste energy by making heat The US is scrapping a ban on energy-inefficient light bulbs which was due to come in at the beginning of ...

There was a time when the humble light bulb became the centre of a political storm over "green madness". The EU had announced a ban on old-fashioned incandescent bulbs - the ones that give off ...

A decision by EU energy ministers to phase out the sale of all incandescent and poorly-performing light bulbs by 2010 was welcomed by environmental organisation WWF as a long-awaited first step ...