Say goodbye to the old-style light bulb. On Wednesday, it will become illegal to manufacture or import 60- and 40-watt incandescent bulbs because of federally mandated efficiency standards signed into ...

You probably have some type of LED (light-emitting diode) in just about every room in your home, whether it’s in a clock, computer display, appliance or piece audio/video gear, to name a few. And the ...

A familiar household staple — the 60-watt incandescent bulb, along with the 40-watt — is being phased out, and will soon be as obsolete as the rotary dial telephone It’s been 134 years since Thomas ...

PARKERSBURG – With the creation and importation of most common types of incandescent light bulbs banned as of Jan. 1, people nationwide have been facing life without the incandescent bulb, officials ...

Traditional incandescent light bulbs, which sell for a handful of pennies, have lit the country since the late 1800s. But under new efficiency standards that took effect last month, companies can no ...

Better stock up if you like 40- and 60-watt light bulbs The last of the round white light bulbs Americans are used to will start disappearing from store shelves next week as a law limiting their ...

While it’s been a relatively quiet year thus far on the energy-efficient light bulb front (compared to last year at least when it seemed that I was averaging one lighting-related story a week), a bit ...

PARKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) -- Bulb ban. A nationwide phase-out on 40 and 60-watt bulbs starts this week. But many home improvement stores say many customers are confused about where to find replacements. As ...

It’s the end of the line for the 60 watt bulb. Last year, the 75 watt version was banned and from September 1 2012 it’s curtains for all conventional light bulbs. Do we care? The Telegraaf allows ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The end of the 2012 also marks the end of the 75-watt household light bulb. And the new year means that the days of the ubiquitous 60-watt bulb and less-loved 40-watter are also ...

Eddie Ramos, manager at the Rocky's Ace Hardware store in Agawam holds one of the new compact flourescent light bulbs that will be replacing traditional 40-watt light bulbs, at right, this year. (Dave ...

First it was the 100-watt, then the 75-watt and now it's the turn of their dimmer relative the 60-watt incandescent light bulb to disappear from British shop shelves for ever. As of midnight its ...