Recently I spent an afternoon changing all the light bulbs in my home to fluorescent devices. It's not mandatory in the U.S., but it saves energy. In places where it is mandatory, like England, ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at what's behind a new ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs, and ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The San Juan Unified School District is getting rid of all of its fluorescent lighting at its nine high schools. The summer project is costing more than $1 million, but district ...

The first artificial source of light was nothing more than a burning stick -- about a million years ago. About 5,000 years ago, a wick and some oil in a clay jar became the first lamp and replaced the ...

Fluorescent lighting was once highly sought-after, but we know now that the risks outweigh the benefits, which is why one state is banning them.

Researchers at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC have created a new type of light bulb that uses layers of plastic that are nano-engineered, rather than using glass and harmful chemicals ...

Philips has led the way in designing an instantaneous 'click-to-fit' LED retrofit alternative for linear electronic instant start fluorescent tube lighting. Currently, installers need to re-wire the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In keeping with a pledge to reduce energy consumption campus-wide, Rochester Institute of Technology is in the midst of a project to replace fluorescent tube lighting with energy-efficient LED ...

Minnesota will ban fluorescent bulb sales in 2026, ending retail availability and pushing homes and businesses toward LED ...

Fluorescent lights are more efficient than incandescent ones, but also more complicated. As a result, simply replacing the bulb-actually a tube-when a fluorescent light develops problems will not ...