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| Australia |
Phase out incandescent bulb sales by 2010. |
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| Brazil |
Subsidy program for compact fluorescents (CFLs) has encouraged use. |
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| Canada |
Phase out incandescent bulb sales by 2012 as part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020. |
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| European Union |
Plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020. The European Union leadership has requested a ban on incandescent bulbs by 2009 to help reach this goal. |
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| New Zealand |
Announced that it may ban incandescent bulbs. |
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| Philippines |
CFLs already account for 64 percent of all household lighting. |
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| Russia (Moscow) |
Subsiding a marketing campaign to encourage the use of energy saving light bulbs. |
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| Alaska |
Considering legislation requiring that by July 2008 light bulbs sold for home or office use have an energy efficiency rating of less than 40 lumens per watt, a standard met by CFLs but not incandescents. |
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| Arkansas |
Considering legislation requiring state agencies to only use high efficiency lighting by 2008. |
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| California |
Legislative proposal to phase out incandescent bulb sales by 2012. |
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| Connecticut |
General Assembly considering legislation authorizing the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to prohibit the sale of inefficient incandescent lamps. |
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| Hawaii |
Legislation pending to replace incandescents in state government facilities with CFLs by 2010. |
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| Illinois |
Legislation pending to replace incandescents in state-owned or leased buildings with CFLs. |
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| Massachusetts |
Executive Order from Governor's office requiring the purchase of high-efficiency bulbs for state-owned buildings. |
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| Minnesota |
Considering legislation that would tax the sale of incandescent bulbs. |
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| New Jersey |
State Legislature considering a requirement that state government buildings replace all incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents by 2010. |
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| New Mexico |
Legislation enacted requesting that state agencies use CFLs and automatic timers on lights in existing buildings. |
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| New York |
State lawmakers considering a bill to phase out incandescents by 2012. |
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| North Carolina |
General Assembly considering a ban on the sale of incandescent bulbs beginning in 2016. |
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| Rhode Island |
General Assembly considering a ban on the sale of incandescent bulbs beginning in June 2012. |
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| South Carolina |
Considering legislation to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs over a ten year period and to require state agencies to begin replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs in 2007. |
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| Texas |
Considering legislation requiring the use of energy-efficient bulbs in schools and state buildings. |
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| Currys, Britain's largest electrical retail chain |
Will no longer sell incandescent bulbs after current stocks run out. |
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| European Lamp Companies Federation, whose members include General Electric, Siemens, and Royal Philips Electronics. |
Supports the phase-out of incandescents in Europe. |
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| Philips, world's largest lighting manufacturer |
Called for plans to switch to more-efficient lighting within 10 years in Europe and the United States. |
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| U.S. coalition of environmental groups |
Launched initiative to put CFLs in all the country's estimated 4 billion sockets by 2016. |
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| Wal-Mart, world's largest retailer |
Announced marketing campaign to boost its sales of compact fluorescents to 100 million by the end of 2007. |
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| Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute, updated 14 May 2007. |
