Recently I found smoke pouring out of a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) in a basement light. I turned off the light, removed the bulb and rushed it outside. An incandescent installed in the same socket ...

The lighting revolution that is now underway is seeing the incandescent bulb slowly go the way of candles and oil lamps. Incandescents' acclaimed heir apparent, the compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...

In 1976, Good Times ruled TV, Gerald Ford was trying to "whip inflation now," and in Ohio, a new kind of light bulb was being invented. The man behind the CFL looks back. Michael Kanellos is editor at ...

Not all CFLs are created equal. Find out how to save the most energy with CFLs and how to get a bulb with better light quality. Compact fluorescent light bulbs save consumers money — and their use can ...

SUMMIT -- If you are a regular reader of a certain daily newspaper, you may noticed a recent article that questioned the value of buying compact fluorescent light bulbs. Since the bulbs did not have a ...

There wasn't really a classic, light bulb moment when Paul Wheaton came to the conclusion that compact fluorescent light bulbs don't live up to their eco-friendly, money-saving hype. For the longtime ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...