Carbon Emission Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:35:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 European Union to Ban Halogen Bulbs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-union-to-ban-halogen-bulbs-20180824/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-union-to-ban-halogen-bulbs-20180824/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:35:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67032 Starting from September 1st, the European Union’s ban on the sale of halogen bulbs comes into effect. The goal of the legislation is to reduce the consumption of electricity per household. Halogen bulbs are expected to be changed by LED lights. Later tend to be more expensive up front, but provide a lot of different […]

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