House GOP Fights Light Bulb Standards

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 House GOP Fights Light Bulb Standards, Claims Need For 'Freedom' WASHINGTON -- Having to buy a squiggly fluorescent light bulb is an affront to personal freedom, some lawmakers are saying as the House decides whether to overturn a law setting new energy-efficiency standards for the bulbs. Meet The Climate Reality Project Australia Prime Minister: Carbon Tax Won't Kill Coal Industry Potential Keystone Pipeline Leaks Underestimated, Study Finds WATCH: A Bunch Of Baby Sea Turtles Get Released And Swept Up By Wave Do You Live Near A Nuclear Evacuation Zone? BLOG POSTS Michelle Chen: The Globe's Not Only Getting Hotter, It's More Unjust and Unstable, Too Over the next few decades, tens of millions of people will be driven from their homes. Unlike other refugees, though, their plight won't be blamed simply on the familiar horrors of war or persecution; they'll blame the weather. Rocky Kistner: As Congress Dithers Over Light Bulbs, AMF Bowls for Dollars Some in Congress are using scare tactics to fight new lighting and energy efficiency standards that help the bottom line for both businesses and homeowners alike. Steven Chu: Help Consumers Save Money by Saving Energy In a typical house, replacing 15 traditional bulbs with energy saving bulbs will save about $50 a year. That's enough to run two 50 inch Energy Star plasma TVs -- five hours a day, all year long. Bill McKibben: Bring Your Obama Buttons: Momentum Builds for White House Tar Sands Action Happily, President Obama can stop the pipeline, and even in a dysfunctional D.C. no one can stop him. Before the so-called Keystone XL pipeline can be built, he has to issue a certificate saying it is "in the national interest." Rep. Mike Honda: Republican Bill in Congress Increasing Nation's Dependency on Coal, Oil and Gas Interests We need to aggressively pursue clean energy while we still have control of the game, before it is too late and our climate has changed forever, we are running out of oil, and we are running out of time. Silicon Valley is ready to lead.

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