Live longer by quitting smoking, drinking moderately, exercising regularly, limiting stress and eating a bowl of porridge every day. Great advice for a human, but terrible for a compact fluorescent ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Consumer Reports' latest light bulb tests uncovered not only which bulbs were the best performers, but also shined some light on a few of the most common questions consumers have about ...

CNET conducts a "regular person's" comparison of the new AmbientLED bulb from Philips, along with its CFL and incandescent counterparts, without all the jargon. In a software-driven world, it's easy ...

This morning, I overheard my home contractor husband asking a hardware story about the benefits of compact fluorescent bulbs. We are redoing our kitchen right now, and BRIGHT energy efficiency ...

General Electric announced that it will stop manufacturing compact fluorescent lamps by the end of 2016 in the US. The company is now focused on making LED lamps instead. This is definitely good news ...

Hello, LED lights! Goodbye, CFL bulbs. General Electric announced Monday it will phase out compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs and increase focus on LED lights by the end of the year. Compact ...

Buying a light bulb used to be a no-brainer. Now it's a brain teaser; the transition to more energy-efficient lighting means choosing from a dazzling array of products. We've long identified bulbs by ...

YONKERS, NY – Simply screwing in one of Consumer Reports’ top-rated LED lightbulbs could save consumers about $125 in electricity over the bulb’s life. January 1, 2014 marks the date when most ...

Every label is the same, and those on CFL packages must now carry the warning "Contains Mercury" in bold letters. Mercury is a neurotoxin that is especially dangerous to babies and toddlers. (Although ...