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Hawaii has joined nine states in banning the sale of fluorescent light bulbs. The legislation took full effect Jan. 1, 2026, under the Hawaii Clean Lighting Standards Act, which passed in 2023. The ...

Fluorescent lights in home or business lighting use are slowly going the way of the dinosaur. They're being replaced by LEDs, which tend to be a lot cleaner for the environment, last longer, and use ...

(The Center Square) – One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith (D-Chicago) introduced House ...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- By now you've seen -- and probably tried -- the so-called compact fluorescent bulbs designed to replace the 100-year old incandescent technology. But how do you apply ...

There wasn't really a classic, light bulb moment when Paul Wheaton came to the conclusion that compact fluorescent light bulbs don't live up to their eco-friendly, money-saving hype.