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An Unloved Light Bulb Shows Signs of Burning Out

February 16th, 2016

Touted by efficiency advocates but shunned by many consumers, corkscrew-shaped CFLs are getting the boot from retailers and manufacturers

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An Unloved Light Bulb Shows Signs of Burning Out

February 16th, 2016

National Geographic  Touted by efficiency advocates but shunned by many consumers, corkscrew-shaped CFLs are getting the boot from retailers and manufacturers link

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Light pollution: the possible consequences of excessive illumination on retina.

February 1st, 2016

Light pollution may have a strong impact on people’s health

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Welcome back to REAL light bulbs?

January 12th, 2016

Old-fashioned light bulbs banned by the EU could make a comeback thanks to a technological breakthrough that makes them use less energy.

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Return of incandescent light bulbs as MIT makes them more efficient than LEDs

January 11th, 2016

Scientists in the US believe they have come up with a solution which could see a reprieve for incandescent bulbs.

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Dark Matters

December 25th, 2015

The Effects of Artificial Lighting on Bats

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The Case Against Bright-as-the-Sun Flashing Bike Lights

November 10th, 2015

Daylight Saving Time is over. Darkness falls before you can start your evening commute. And all around the country, a scourge is rearing its ugly, eyeball-searing head.

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My light’s not out yet says campaigner fighting battle against Trafford plans for LED street lamps

August 5th, 2015

Simon Nicholas has already lost thousands of pounds in legal fees – and now his case has been thrown out by the High Court.
A ‘white knight’ fighting council bosses over a scheme to replace thousands of street lights in Trafford with LED technology insists he won’t give up despite the battle seeming all but over.

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Barriers and benefits: implications of artificial night-lighting for the distribution of common bats in Britain and Ireland

May 5th, 2015

Artificial lighting is a particular problem for animals active at night. Approximately 69% of mammal species are nocturnal, and one-third of these are bats. Due to their extensive movements—both on a nightly basis to exploit ephemeral food supplies, and during migration between roosts—bats have an unusually high probability of encountering artificial light in the landscape.

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European Commission Energy Bulletin

April 17th, 2015

Phase-out of inefficient lamps postponed to 1 September 2018.

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