Legislation and Legal Issues
Government Subsidies of CFLs and Planned Obsolescence
From the candlepowerforums.com forum: I do wonder about their performance claims, however. If it were so easy to make incandescents hit into…
Federal Budget Bill Will Not Enforce Light Bulb Efficiency Standards
The current version of the bill (H.R.3547 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014) will not allocating funds to implement or enforce the law…
Anti-Lightbulb Ban Petitions
FreedomLightBulb is now keeping a list of all the petitions that are pushing back against the lightbulb bans. This list includes petitions…
The Light Bulb Legislation New Packaging Requirements
http://thelitehouse.com/bulb For the first time, the label on the front of the package will emphasize the bulb’s brightness as measured in lumens,…
Is It Getting Dark Yet?
Note: Excerpt from “How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb”http://cei.org/op-eds-articles/how-many-congressmen-does-it-take-screw-light-bulb It’s late in the day, and you…
The Legislation that De-Funded the “Light Bulb Ban”
I have been in a conversation the last couple days with a couple people where we were trying to find the exact…
Industry: Light bulb war a dim idea
Note: This article was written in December 2011. I am reprinting it here because some of the insights into the reasoning of…
Missouri Bill deems bulb regulations not valid intrastate.
Missouri local state Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger and others have also, January 19, launched a bill 1146, that “Specifies that the intrastate manufacturing…
Light Bulb Phaseout Worse Than Reported
Posted 01/12/2012 05:15 PM ET | Investors.com Reposted from: sendyourlightbulbstowashington.wordpress.com Environmentalism: As the light bulb phaseout goes into effect, you may be…
Virginia Lawmaker Files Wildly Unconstitutional Bill Seeking To Nullify Federal Lightbulb Standards
By Ian Millhiser | ThinkProgress.org | on Jan 10, 2012 at 9:50 am [Editorial Note: To state the obvious… Federal law is…
Ontario Delays Ban on Incandescent Bulbs
The Epoch Times | By Jeffrey Thompson, Epoch Times Staff | Created: December 29, 2011 Over 125 years old, the incandescent light…
Despite GOP opposition, light bulb standards will phase in on Jan. 1
By Andrew Restuccia | 12/29/11 02:28 PM ET | In TheHill.com New light bulb efficiency standards will begin phasing in on…