Nov 2012 Bloomerg.com (US) The 75-Watt Bulb Has a Dim Future
Aug 2012 Chicago Health Examiner (US): FRAUD: Regular light bulbs CAUSE global warming (CFLs PREVENT IT) part 1 [New]
Aug 2012 Chicago Health Examiner (US): FRAUD: Regular light bulbs CAUSE global warming (CFLs PREVENT IT) part 2 [New]
Aug 2012 The Guardian (UK): Light goes out for incandescent bulbs
Aug 2012 Der Spiegel (Germany): Light-Bulb Ban Casts Shadow over EU Democracy
Aug 2012 The Local (Germany): Germans take dim view of light bulb inspections
July 2012 Daily Maverick (S. Africa): This lightbulb’s going to blow
Mar 2012 Capitalism.HK (Hong Kong): Light Bulb Bans – How Big Government Is Literally Killing You
Jan 2012 The NY times (US): Tips on Shopping for Energy-Efficient Bulbs
Jan 2012 Investors.com: Light Bulb Phaseout Worse Than Reported
Jan 2012 Health Problems Ignored In The Incandescent Bulb Ban
Jan 2012 EE Times.com: Guest commentary: CFLs and their “issues” (interesting el.engineer discussion)
Dec 2011 Five Myths About the Federal Incandescent Light Bulb Ban
Oct 2011 Firstpost (India): Energy-saving fluorescent lights linked to increasing eye diseases
Oct 2011 Asian Scientist: Study: Fluorescent Lighting May Increase Eye Disease, Cataracts, Pterygia
Aug 2011 Consumer Reports magazine: Bulbs pose fire hazard
July 2011 Science Daily: Mercury Vapor Released from Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Can Exceed Safe Exposure Levels for Humans, Study Finds [Newly added]
Apr 2011 AmericanThinker.com: The CFL Fraud
Apr 2011 The Telegraph (UK): Energy saving light bulbs ‘contain cancer causing chemicals’
Mar 2011 Times Colonist (Canada): New light bulbs could be a quake risk
Mar 2011 IEEE.org: Are Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Really Cheaper Over Time?
Jan 2011 The Telegraph (UK): Energy saving light bulbs ‘could trigger breast cancer’
Dec 2010 Chicago Tribune (US): Don’t you hate those bulbs?
Apr 2010 WND.com (US): U.N. Mercury Alert Neglects Metal-Laden CFLs
Mar 2010 Climate Science (NL): The Unholy Alliance between Philips and the Greens (guest weblog)
Dec 2009 BBC News (UK): Why eco-light bulbs aren’t what they seem
Dec 2009 BBC News (UK): A paler shade of light? (linking to my earlier blog Greener Lights)
Dec 2009 The Telegraph (UK): Energy saving bulbs are not labelled correctly according to Defra study
Nov 2009 The Telegraph (UK): Energy saving light bulbs get dimmer over time
Nov 2009 DesignNews.com: Noisy CF Bulb Jams Garage Door Opener
Sep 2009 The Telegraph (UK) Lifespan of energy-saving bulbs reduced by repeated switching
Aug 2009 The Telegraph (UK): Energy saving light bulbs offer dim future !
Jul 2009 The Washington Times: Eco-friendly light bulbs flip switch on problems
Mar 2009 The NY Times [blog copy] (US): Do New Bulbs Save Energy if They Don’t Work?
Sep 2008 Spiegel Online (Germany): Are Fluorescents Really the Way to Go?
Aug 2008 Investigate Magazine TV.com: Mercury in CFLs – Special investigation (long & detailed)
Jan 2008 BBC News (UK): Low-energy bulb disposal warning
Jan 2009 EC&M.com: The hidden cost of CFLs
Jan 2009 NY Times blog: Why Efficient Light Bulbs Fail to Thrive
Apr 2009 NY Times Green blog: A Defense of the Incandescent Light Bulb by Howard Brandston
Sep 2009 The Telegraph (UK): Defra confirms its bulb ‘ban’ is not legal
Sep 2009 The Telegraph (UK): EU lightbulb ban violates simple economic principles
Sep 2009 The Telegraph (UK): Spotlight and downlighter bulbs next to be banned by EU
Sep 2009 The NY times (US): Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins
Apr 2009 The NY times (US): Holdouts for Humble Bulb Defy a Government Phase-Out
Aug 2009 The Guardian (UK): Incandescent rage as lights go out on old 100W bulbs
Aug 2009 Daily Mail (UK): Making it illegal to sell 100-watt light bulbs is simply dimwitted
Artforum.com EU Commission reacts to lightbulb art ‘ban’
Jul 2008 CNN International (Hong Kong): Understanding flourescent light bulbs [Newly added]
Jan 2008 Slate.com: In Defense of Incandescence
Nov 2007 The Independent (UK) Green light bulbs: Not such a bright idea
Apr 2007 Daily Mail (UK): Dimwits: Why ‘green’ lightbulbs aren’t the answer to global warming
Apr 2007 The Washington Post (US): Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity
May 2007 Architectural Lighting.com: What will be the fate of the incandescent lamp? Pt.1 + Pt.2
Feb 2007 NPR.org: CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury
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(Thanks to Freedom Lightbulb & Send Your Lightbulbs to Washington for some of the links.)
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