light bulbs

Here's a bright idea - new banners to spruce up your site

Posted by jamie — 4 July 2007 at 4:20pm - Comments
Greenpeace: Change your light bulbs, not the climate

Is your website feeling drab? Is your blog looking a bit boring? We've got just the thing for you - a new set of snazzy banners to add to your site, pointing towards our ongoing campaign to remove old-fashioned and inefficient light bulbs from the shelves of UK retailers.

Article tagged as: banners, bulbs, climate change, light bulbs, take action, what you can do

MEPs show themselves to be a bit dim

Posted by jamie — 15 June 2007 at 4:23pm - Comments

The numbers are in and sadly they weren't quite what we were hoping for. Despite the huge amount of emails you sent to MEPs, asking them to support a ban on inefficient light bulbs across the EU, not enough signed up to adopt the declaration.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy efficiency, EU, light bulbs, meps

European Lamp Companies Federation working to "eliminate" energy wasting

Last edited 2 March 2007 at 9:00am
2 March, 2007

Commenting on the news that the European Lamp Companies Federation are planning a major push to eliminate old style incandescent lightbulbs and replace them with more efficient "CFL" bulbs, Greenpeace energy campaigner Charlie Kronick said:

"It's a big step forward that a major manufacturing body is working to eliminate these energy hungry dinosaurs from our shops.However, it's time that government got ahead of business and imposed standards that would remove them from our shelves."

Article tagged as: climate change, light bulbs

Australia to ban incandescent lightbulbs by 2009 - Greenpeace reaction

Last edited 20 February 2007 at 7:05pm
20 February, 2007

How many British politicians does it take to change a lightbulb? That was the question on many people's lips after Australia today announced plans to ban the sale of inefficient incandescent lightbulbs within three years.

Reacting to the news, Greenpeace climate campaigner Laura Yates said: "The UK government says it is leading the world in the fight against catastrophic climate change, but hasn't yet seen the light and continues to allow the sale of these energy hungry dinosaurs in our shops."

Article tagged as: australia, ban the bulb, climate change, government, light bulbs

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