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December 15, 2021 LEDs Magazine

Special interest groups call on State of Vermont to ban sales of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps

Several environmental and consumer policy advocacy groups have collaborated to petition for new Vermont legislation that would effectively ban the sale of all mercury-containing fluorescent lighting products in the state.…

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December 14, 2021

Vermont on track to be the first state to ban certain mercury-containing fluorescent light bulbs

Vermont is on track to become the first state in the nation to ban the sale of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) after the lighting industry conceded to state officials that…

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November 26, 2021

#CleanLightingProtects Enlightens Global Audience

Over the past seven weeks, the Clean Lighting Coalition and partners have worked to demonstrate the intersections between safe, mercury-free lighting and seven Sustainable Development Goals through the #CleanLightingProtects campaign.   The…

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November 17, 2021

CLiC Industry Partners are Accelerating the Global LED Transition

The Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC) private sector partners are demonstrating market readiness for a global transition to clean, energy efficient LED lighting by supporting the end of exemptions for mercury-containing fluorescent lighting products under the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury.

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November 16, 2021 eceee

Deliver on EU’s Cop26 promises? Quick phase out of fluorescent lighting can help

At COP26, the EU pledged accelerated climate action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Endorsing a proposed amendment to accelerate the global transition to energy-efficient LED lighting at…

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October 20, 2021 lighTED mag

Coalition Calls for Global Ban of Fluorescent Lighting

To mitigate the risks posed by mercury, the Coalition is calling on the Biden Administration to support the global phase-out of fluorescent lighting by 2025 at the upcoming meeting of the United Nation’s Minamata Convention on Mercury in March 2022. Furthermore, the Coalition notes that phasing out fluorescent lighting aligns with the Administration’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad issued earlier this year.

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October 15, 2021 inside.lighting

Coalition Calls for Global Fluorescent Ban by 2025

A new report released by the Clean Lighting Coalition highlights the environmental and health risks posed when fluorescent lamps break, especially to vulnerable populations. The report provides concrete steps government, industry, consumers, and others, like childcare providers, can take to accelerate the transition to LED lighting, which is mercury-free, more energy-efficient, more cost-effective, and widely available

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October 14, 2021 AP News

Turning the Lights Out on Fluorescents

To mitigate the risks posed by mercury, the Coalition is calling on the Biden Administration to support the global phase-out of fluorescent lighting by 2025 at the upcoming meeting of the United Nation’s Minamata Convention on Mercury in March 2022. Furthermore, the Coalition notes that phasing out fluorescent lighting aligns with the Administration’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad issued earlier this year.

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October 14, 2021 Yahoo! Finance

Turning the Lights Out on Fluorescents

“Fluorescent lamps have been tolerated for decades because they were considered the most energy-efficient option,” said Alicia Culver, Executive Director of the Responsible Purchasing Network and co-author of the report. “But this is no longer the case: LEDs are twice as energy efficient as fluorescent lamps, last 2-3 times longer, and they don’t contain mercury.”

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October 13, 2021

PRESS RELEASE: Turning the Lights Out on Fluorescents

A new report released today by the Clean Lighting Coalition highlights the environmental and health risks posed when fluorescent lamps break, especially to vulnerable populations. The report provides concrete steps government, industry, consumers, and others, like childcare providers, can take to accelerate the transition to LED lighting, which is mercury-free, more energy-efficient, more cost-effective, and widely available.

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