Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. RELATED: Livermore’s 123-year-old Centennial Lightbulb glows up We ...

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. We walk into a dark room and flick a light switch and don’t think ...

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 transition from incandescent light bulbs to Compact Flourescent bulbs, followed by technologically superior LED bulbs, has been ongoing for well over a decade. So long, in fact, that many ...

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 ...

The administration set efficiency standards that will phase out sales of incandescent bulbs in favor of LEDs, reducing Americans’ electrical bills over time. By Hiroko Tabuchi After lighting the ...