If you have been in a lighting or hardware store recently, you may have noticed something missing—incandescent light bulbs. These are the types of bulbs we have been using since the days of Thomas ...

Incandescent bulbs were supposed to fade quietly into history, replaced by efficient LEDs and smart lighting systems. Instead ...

Incandescent light bulbs will soon be relegated to the past starting this July, thanks to a forthcoming ban from the Department of Energy. Here’s what you need to know about the incandescent light ...

LED light bulbs are supposed to save consumers money while also sparing the environment, part of the reason why the federal government effectively banned the old-fashioned incandescent bulb on August ...

America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

The federal government’s ban on incandescent light bulbs took effect on Tuesday, more than a decade and a half after such a rule was first proposed intending to promote energy efficiency. A federal ...

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 ...

Retailers can no longer sell the banned lightbulbs as of Aug. 1 The ban on incandescent lightbulbs has officially gone into effect in the U.S., more than a decade after the federal government first ...

Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. Each type of light bulb is recycled ...