You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

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People who want greener homes and lower electricity bills are increasingly switching to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), but the spiral-shaped bulbs are turning off some consumers because ...

Do you remember making the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs? Today, switching to LEDs offers even more benefits in ...

A family has lost their home to a fire caused by using a compact fluorescent light bulb in a lampcontrolled by a dimmer switch. The state fire marshal's office says such fires are rare, but they're a ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are ...

After my column about my day at GE Lighting in East Cleveland, I heard from many of you who said, in effect, nice column -- but why didn't you answer my question about compact fluorescent and LED ...

Lightbulbs are synonymous with bright ideas — in cartoons, at any rate. But compact fluorescent bulbs can also be a small, yet brilliant, step toward energy efficiency. The Department of Energy says ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at what's behind a new ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs, and ...

You bought compact fluorescent light bulbs to save energy. Now, having done your part to help the environment, you’re stuck with a significant source of mercury pollution. Unlike conventional light ...