The Trump administration is rolling back requirements for energy-efficient lightbulbs, eliminating an environmentally friendly policy that was put in place by the two previous presidents.the Energy Department will repeal a regulation enacted under President Barack Obama, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, requiring an expanded number of lightbulbs in the U.S. to be in compliance with stricter energy efficiency standards.
The regulation that's being eliminated would have redefined four categories of incandescent and halogen bulbs so that they would be subject to existing energy efficiency rules from which they were previously exempt. It would have applied to about half of the 6 billion lightbulbs used in the U.S., experts have said.new energy efficiency standards for all pear-shaped lightbulbs that were also scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
He is literally sending us back in time.
Everything Trump have done while being FAKE President will be undone and Obama's legacy will be restored, and it will be on the foundations of the Obama era that USA will move forward !
This is a perfect example of the completely insane jealousy this administration has for the intelligent moving forward regulations that President Obama put in place. No reason for this toll back. Trump looks more pathetic every day.
Incandescent light bulbs have a minimal effect on on the environment. The requirement stems not from a rational decision, but from a ritualistic observance of a religion like belief, much like the plastic straw bans, the disconnect charged cell phones to save energy claim, etc..
Of course he did.
OMG, even the light bulbs? His jealousy is out of control.
I’m curious about what the data shows about how much energy do these bulbs save vs cost.
And causing the American people millions every time we had to buy one. Then if you broke one it was a massive cleanup. God Bless America and God Bless President Trump.
So much for my soon-to-be black market 75 watt bulbs I stocked up on a few years ago. I was going to retire on that income.
Yes!!! Make 💡 Great Again.
Seriously, why? R&D costs have all been recouped my manufacturers, people are used to paying a but more to change bulbs less often. This literally makes no sense other than Obama endorsed it so it must be bad and overturned! This petty egomaniac must be removed from office!
Can you believe this light bulbs....Trump is trying to eliminate energy efficient light bulbs.....what won't he do if the previous administration have done anything he rolls it back !! he will never be respected like other Presidents and he knows it !!
Maybe it's a black out memory lost & Mr. Trump needs someone else bright idea's to light up his memory-On-Of button over their on the wall-But someone needs to make sure it's only the light button switch & not the big red button one.Lights are bright idea.
Okay everyone and stores throw out those bulbs and make/buy those older incandescent ones
See.... trump goes on and on about his stop market on the map, news media covers it and doesn’t cover the lite bulb change in policy
Doesn't he have bigger problems to deal with?
When will the madness end!!!!
JOBS!! BABY!!
Shocker
Is he running out of things to screw up ?
No Bush. Signed the light bulb bill.
Let the market determine usage !! Over Regulation is usually wasteful !!
Why is this what this Moronic Administration has come down to! Challenge it! Challenge everything they do! Incompetent President and Administration! Unbelievable!!!
Lead and mercury in led bulbs are not environmentally safe. Read the warnings on the side of the packaging for disposal of them!
Good. The new bulbs suck
Are we going back to candles and whale oil.
I don’t think you can turn the clock back in this one Trump. Most businesses have converted as well as homeowners. Maybe you can go back to candles at the White House. Your brain just doesn’t understand new technology. God, one more year of this crap.
Why is he trying to destroy our environment? The quick money grab is nauseating.
Sadly the idiot does not have a clue, he falls to any donating entity that he can get. HE IS A VERY DESPERATE MAN NOW.
Can you believe this, this guy has nothing else to do besides lying. We have a hurricane running threw every state on the east coast an he’s texting about light bulbs? Just another Obama thing that proves he is not Presidential
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