Green Options » incandescent lightbulbs http://greenoptions.com/tag/incandescent-lightbulbs Posts tagged 'incandescent lightbulbs' Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en European Union Bans Incandescent Light Bulbs http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/11/eu-bans-incandescent-light-bulbs/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/11/eu-bans-incandescent-light-bulbs/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:52:34 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/11/eu-bans-incandescent-light-bulbs/ incandescent light bulb breakingEU energy ministers meeting last week in Luxembourg have given final approval to an EU-wide ban on incandescent light bulbs that would begin in 2010. The switch to energy-saving bulbs, first ordered at last year’s Brussels summit as part of an aggressive energy policy to fight climate change, was approved at the negotiations leading up to a meeting of European heads of state, being held next week.

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