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Bright Ideas on Energy Efficiency

Negotiations between environmentalists and the lighting industry could end use of the wasteful incandescent light bulb- saving billions in electricity costs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

How many light bulbs does it take to change U.S. energy consumption? An efficiency bill in Congress could include a plan to phase out the incandescent light bulb. It’s one of the energy saving proposals that have efficiency advocates wondering if the United States is finally seeing the light on conservation. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports from Washington.