Credit: Department of Energy

The Trump administration plans to roll back efficiency standards for light bulbs in a move that is projected to pump millions of tons of pollution into the atmosphere while costing American families billions.

The Department of Energy said in that it plans to undo two rules that were put in place in the final days of the Obama administration, which expanded the types of light bulbs subject to stricter efficiency standards under a George W. Bush-era law. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required manufacturers to increase efficiency of home lighting by 27 percent within seven years, Reutersreported. The Obama administration expanded the law to apply the standards to other types of lighting.

The proposal would remove three-way bulbs, candle-shaped bulbs used in chandeliers, reflector bulbs used in recessed lighting, and others from having to comply with the new efficiency standards, which were set to go into effect next year.

“DOE has since determined that the legal basis underlying those revisions misconstrued existing law,” the agency Read the Full Article