Sure Looks Like Donald Trump Is Gonna Lose the Lightbulb War

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25. Looks like I was wrong.

It looks like TFG acted against both the upcoming specialty bulb requirements and the general purpose bulb requirements already in effect.

Sorry about providing the bad info.

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In September, the Trump administration announced it would roll back a rule to apply energy efficiency standards to specialty light bulbs like three-way, flame-shaped and globe-shaped bulbs. At that time, it also indicated that it might block the rule regarding the general-purpose bulbs as well.

In response, several states — including California, Vermont and Colorado — passed standards that would match the federal requirements called for under the Bush-era law.

The Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental and consumer groups have gone to court in an effort to stop the rollback affecting specialty bulbs, as did fifteen states, New York City and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Horowitz said that the response to this additional move on traditional pear-shaped bulbs would be a similar challenge. His group, he said, “will be exploring every option, including legal action, to fight this illegal rollback.”

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