So long 100-watt incandescent light bulbs -- California is ordering them off store shelves starting Jan. 1 in an energy-saving move. For now at the Home Depot in Redding, Calif., the bright orange ...

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 ...

Not all household incandescent light bulbs are going to disappear because they can't meet new federal efficiency standards. That's what some readers wanted to know, along with many other questions, ...

Remember the frenzy surrounding the announcement that the most commonly used light bulbs in the country, the 40- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs, would be banned? One media outlet even wrote an ...

When the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, the year ends -- and so does the ordinary lightbulb. Jan. 1. marks the end of a seven-year effort to outlaw the ordinary lightbulb, thanks to a 2007 law that ...

At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly used ...

The month of August signals many things; the last stretch of summer, back to school and last-minute beach trips. This year, August brings another momentous occasion: the ban on incandescent light ...

The traditional light bulb is already gone from California stores, the nationwide switch to a lower energy alternative starts in 2012, and Congress continues to make light of consumer choice In Joe ...

Time has just about run out for the energy-wasting incandescent light bulb. Starting January 1, 2014, companies in the United States will no longer be able to manufacture or import standard 40-watt ...

The trillion-dollar budget bill that Congress passed last weekend includes plenty of non-spending provisions tucked into it. One of these so-called riders is aimed at saving the 100-watt incandescent ...