Government wants to push back light bulb deadline
Posted Apr 16, 2011 06:47:32 AM.
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The federal government wants to dim plans to require all new light bulbs sold in Canada to be energy efficient.
The government is proposing the deadline to achieve that goal be pushed back two years.
A government notice says it would allow time to allay consumer concerns about new light bulbs.
Consumers have raised concerns about one of the most common energy-efficient bulbs — compact fluorescent lamps.
It’s because they contain small amounts of mercury and are not readily recycled.
Canadians have 75 days to comment on the proposal.
The Harper government announced the ban in 2007, calling it a demonstration of it’s commitment to fighting climate change.
B-C and California have already imposed the new standard for energy-efficient light bulbs, and Ontario is considering the same.
