Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Why Fighting Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Is So Stupid - Ecocentric - TIME.com

Why Fighting Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Is So Stupid - Ecocentric - TIME.com

There's dumb, there's dumber and then there are the House Republicans—nearly all of them—who voted this morning to set the U.S. back on energy efficiency. By a quick voice vote, the House approved an amendment that would prevent funds from a 2012 spending bill to be used to implement federal light bulb standards. The amendment came after a similar separate bill failed to garner a two-thirds supermajority earlier this week in the House—although it did win a simple majority and all but 10 Republicans in the House voted for it, along with five Democrats.

Read more: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/07/15/why-fighting-energy-efficient-light-bulbs-is-so-stupid/#ixzz1YVqKD5CC

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