Do-it-yourself, multidimensional, layered lighting is having a moment. What once cost thousands of dollars and the services of a lighting expert can now be purchased as a kit online for ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, consumers and retailers in Maine will no longer be allowed to sell or distribute mercury-containing fluorescent light bulbs. This decision follows the enactment of a ban by ...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to our weekly newsletter where we highlight environmental trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. Hey there, it’s Bridget. Given the Jan. 1 ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs, once touted as a simple and cost-effective way to lessen our environmental impact by reducing our energy consumption, are now banned in Canada due to their harmful ...

Fluorescent lighting across Canada—include Queen’s—is being phased out under new federal rules aimed at reducing mercury pollution. As of Jan. 1, the Government of Canada has banned the manufacture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) debuted in the 1980s and became popular a couple of decades later, when manufacturers ...

Hawaii has joined nine states in banning the sale of fluorescent light bulbs. The legislation took full effect Jan. 1, 2026, under the Hawaii Clean Lighting Standards Act, which passed in 2023. The ...

Fluorescent lights in home or business lighting use are slowly going the way of the dinosaur. They're being replaced by LEDs, which tend to be a lot cleaner for the environment, last longer, and use ...

(The Center Square) – One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith (D-Chicago) introduced House ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A side view of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Photo: Warren LeMay / Flickr /CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cropped from Original (The ...

(The Center Square) – One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith, D-Chicago, introduced House ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, businesses across the islands will not be able to buy fluorescent lightbulbs. That's because of a state law that passed in 2023. The ban on the sale of fluorescent lights goes ...