Février 2007 / Guardian

Australia is to ban incandescent lightbulbs

Green light for Australian ban on old-style bulb

Agencies in Canberra and Sydney

Wednesday February 21, 2007

The Guardian

Australia is to ban incandescent lightbulbs in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, with the government saying yesterday they would be phased out within three years.

The environment minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said yellow incandescent bulbs, which have been virtually unchanged for 125 years, would be replaced by more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs (...)