Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Are The Latest Trump Administration Regulatory Roll Back

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A revision of Obama-era rules could contribute to increased greenhouse gas emissions.

energy-efficiency standards for light bulbs from going into effect on January 1, 2020, another regulatory rollback that could increase greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to climate change. that the rules, which were expanded during the Obama administration, were “not consistent with the best reading of the statute,” and that they do not “prevent consumers from buying the lamps they desire.

Light bulb manufacturers, including General Electric, opposed the Obama-era rules, claiming that they affect consumer choice and hurt American jobs.Using energy-efficient bulbs in the United States’ approximately 6 billion light sockets could create $14 billion in savings by 2025, according to an estimation by the National Resources Defense Council.Legislation was passed with bipartisan support by Congress in 2007⁠ to phase out inefficient incandescent and halogen bulbs.

of the country’s total household energy usage since 2010, according to Lucas David, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

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People are mad that the government won’t force them to do something? We are truly a land of sheeps.

is this guy a clone ?

If you're not smart enough to figure the electric saved by using LED light wherever you can, why should the government get involved.

Once again, F this entire administration

lol energy saving light bulbs. What year is this?

FRAUD- climate has been changing for MILLIONS of years - wit or without light bulbs

Energy efficient bulbs are a joke, the don’t last nearly as long as expected for the price and seem to fail requiring replacement more than traditional bulbs.

..this administration has zero agenda, other than erasing everything President Obama did for the good of this country &the world.. what a pitiful and embarrassing time this is for the United States of America..NYC🇺🇸

Every choice he makes hurts the environment. I guess he thinks at 73 he’s not gonna be around long enough for it to matter. Same with the deficit

BigOil are running the USA, and 44,5

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