Groups sue over rollback of lightbulb regulations
Source: CNN
(CNN)A coalition including environmental groups has asked a federal court to consider invalidating the Trump administration's rollback of regulations on light bulb efficiency. The administration's changes would overturn Obama-era requirements for more energy-efficient versions of several common light bulbs, including three-way incandescent, candle-shaped chandelier and recessed reflector bulbs. When the Trump administration overturned the Obama rules in September, they had not yet taken effect.
The groups filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal appeals court to find that the administration violated a provision of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that prevents the government from weakening efficiency standards. hen it unveiled the rule change, the Trump administration argued it was not weakening the standards because they had not yet taken effect.
It also said the Obama-era rules would cause light bulb prices to increase "by almost 300%." Environmental groups said the math worked the other way: that less-efficient bulbs would cost consumers more to operate. A few days after the rollback was announced, President Donald Trump criticized energy-efficient bulbs as "no good." "The bulb that we're being forced to use, number one, to me, most importantly, I always look orange," he told Republican members of Congress at a gathering in Baltimore.
The groups suing the government include the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants, Environment America and U.S. Public Interest Research. More than a dozen attorneys general, led by New York state's Letitia James and California's Xavier Becerra, filed a parallel lawsuit on Monday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/politics/lightbulb-regulations-rollback-lawsuits/index.html
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"the Obama rules" and anything "Obama" must be reversed or removed. 
This is despite the fact that the original legislation was signed by Shrub.
By JOHN M. BRODER DEC. 19, 2007
WASHINGTON — Legislation that will slowly but fundamentally change the cars Americans drive, the fuel they burn, the way they light their homes and the price they pay for food was signed by President Bush Wednesday after having been adopted by the House on Tuesday by a large margin.
“Today, we make a major step with the Energy Independence and Security Act,” the president said after signing the bill at the Department of Energy. “We make a major step toward reducing our dependence on oil, confronting global climate change, expanding production of renewable fuels and giving future generations a nation that is stronger, cleaner and more secure.
The bill, which passed on a bipartisan vote of 314 to 100, sets higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks by law for the first time in 32 years and requires the production of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022, a nearly fivefold increase from current ethanol production levels. The measure also establishes new efficiency requirements for household appliances and government buildings and sets a goal of phasing out the incandescent light bulb within 10 years.
ts passage marks one of the largest single steps on energy that the nation has taken since the Arab oil embargoes of the 1970’s. But its full costs will not be known for years. Critics contend it will make cars and trucks less safe and more expensive, divert farmland to costly production of feedstock for ethanol and other synthetic fuels, and raise the price of food because of competition for corn and grain between fuel refiners and livestock growers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/washington/19cnd-energy.html
That big, round glowing-orange thing is bad for our health, economy, and environment!!!
And besides, it could burn out at any time - or even explode! 
Replaced existing bulbs in 2006 with two rather decorative bulbs.
They are on for about 12 hrs. a day and 13+ years later they are still going.
They were expensive in 2006 ($70/pair) but well worth the investment and a money saver as well. Best thing is you don't have to change them for new bulbs every month.
(and I think that really accelerated with the 2010 election with Citizen's United and the astroturf teabaggers 
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