Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. The U.S. Department of Energy is cranking up the minimum ...

Many Americans still buy incandescent light bulbs that waste 90 percent of their energy as heat, and so the U.S. Department of Energy decided to search for next-generation replacements by holding a ...

Dear EarthTalk: What was the BULB Act pertaining to light bulb energy efficiency that just failed to pass in the House of Representatives?- Betsy Edgerton, Columbus, Ohio The Better Use of Light Bulbs ...

Of all the controversies now raging in Washington, the one I find most endearing is the fight over federal regulation of light bulb efficiency. “Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a ...