FrankRep
06-20-2011, 07:25 PM
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Texas Tells Feds: Shove Your Light Bulb Ban (http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/06/20/texas-tells-feds-shove-your-light-bulb-ban)
Fox Nation
June 20, 2011
State lawmakers have passed a bill that allows Texans to skirt federal efforts to promote more efficient light bulbs, which ultimately pushes the swirled, compact fluorescent bulbs over the 100-watt incandescent bulbs many grew up with.
The measure, sent to Gov. Rick Perry for consideration, lets any incandescent light bulb manufactured in Texas - and sold in that state - avoid the authority of the federal government or the repeal of the 2007 energy independence act that starts phasing out some incandescent light bulbs next year.
"Let there be light," state Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, wrote on Facebook after the bill passed. "It will allow the continued manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs in Texas, even after the federal ban goes into effect. ... It's a good day for Texas."
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental group, is calling on Perry to veto the bill.
Contact Congress! -- Let's Bring Back the Incandescent Bulb
http://www.votervoice.net/core.aspx?APP=GAC&AID=972&IssueID=23696&SiteID=-1
Flashback:
2011 - Michele Bachmann Pushes Back Against Incandescent Light Bulb Ban (http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/6556-bachmann-pushes-back-against-incandescent-light-bulb-ban)
Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, who introduced the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act (H.R.5616 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5616)) in 2008 to blunt the incandescent light bulb ban signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007.
2011 - Republicans Seek Repeal of Incandescent Bulb Ban (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/6392-republicans-seek-repeal-of-incandescent-bulb-ban)
Senators Jim DeMint and Mike Enzi introduced legislation that would reverse the ban on incadescent light bulbs passed as part of the 2007 environmentalist, green energy push.
2010 - The CFL Bulb Is Not Environmentally Friendly (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/3396-the-cfl-bulb-is-not-environmentally-friendly)
Though for millions of environmental activists the Compact Fuorescent Light bulb (CFL) has become a popular mascot rivaling the World Wildlife Fund's panda bear symbol, the bulb is anything but environmentally friendly. By William F. Jasper
2010 - Death of the Incandescent Light Bulb (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4646-death-of-the-incandescent-light-bulb)
In response to the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which bans the use of incandescent light bulbs by the year 2014, General Electric has shut down its last factory in the United States that makes the incandescent light bulb. by Raven Clabough
2010 - UN & Big Business Call for Global Light Bulb Ban to Save Climate (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5356-un-a-big-business-call-for-global-light-bulb-ban-to-save-climate)
The United Nations and its corporate allies called for a global ban on incandescent light bulbs and kerosene lamps Wednesday at the COP16 global-warming summit in Cancun, claiming in a new study that “energy-efficient” lights would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. by Alex Newman
Texas Tells Feds: Shove Your Light Bulb Ban (http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/06/20/texas-tells-feds-shove-your-light-bulb-ban)
Fox Nation
June 20, 2011
State lawmakers have passed a bill that allows Texans to skirt federal efforts to promote more efficient light bulbs, which ultimately pushes the swirled, compact fluorescent bulbs over the 100-watt incandescent bulbs many grew up with.
The measure, sent to Gov. Rick Perry for consideration, lets any incandescent light bulb manufactured in Texas - and sold in that state - avoid the authority of the federal government or the repeal of the 2007 energy independence act that starts phasing out some incandescent light bulbs next year.
"Let there be light," state Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, wrote on Facebook after the bill passed. "It will allow the continued manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs in Texas, even after the federal ban goes into effect. ... It's a good day for Texas."
The Natural Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental group, is calling on Perry to veto the bill.
Contact Congress! -- Let's Bring Back the Incandescent Bulb
http://www.votervoice.net/core.aspx?APP=GAC&AID=972&IssueID=23696&SiteID=-1
Flashback:
2011 - Michele Bachmann Pushes Back Against Incandescent Light Bulb Ban (http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/6556-bachmann-pushes-back-against-incandescent-light-bulb-ban)
Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, who introduced the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act (H.R.5616 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5616)) in 2008 to blunt the incandescent light bulb ban signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007.
2011 - Republicans Seek Repeal of Incandescent Bulb Ban (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/6392-republicans-seek-repeal-of-incandescent-bulb-ban)
Senators Jim DeMint and Mike Enzi introduced legislation that would reverse the ban on incadescent light bulbs passed as part of the 2007 environmentalist, green energy push.
2010 - The CFL Bulb Is Not Environmentally Friendly (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/3396-the-cfl-bulb-is-not-environmentally-friendly)
Though for millions of environmental activists the Compact Fuorescent Light bulb (CFL) has become a popular mascot rivaling the World Wildlife Fund's panda bear symbol, the bulb is anything but environmentally friendly. By William F. Jasper
2010 - Death of the Incandescent Light Bulb (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/4646-death-of-the-incandescent-light-bulb)
In response to the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which bans the use of incandescent light bulbs by the year 2014, General Electric has shut down its last factory in the United States that makes the incandescent light bulb. by Raven Clabough
2010 - UN & Big Business Call for Global Light Bulb Ban to Save Climate (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5356-un-a-big-business-call-for-global-light-bulb-ban-to-save-climate)
The United Nations and its corporate allies called for a global ban on incandescent light bulbs and kerosene lamps Wednesday at the COP16 global-warming summit in Cancun, claiming in a new study that “energy-efficient” lights would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. by Alex Newman