NGO for ban on incandescent bulbs

 
Greenpeace, a Non Governmental Organization has called for a ban on the use of the incandescent light bulb to combat climate change and the energy crisis in the country. It wants these "inefficient" bulbs to be phased out from India by 2010. Launching a campaign here the NGO said it would also impress up on the Government the need for a national legislation to phase out yellow bulbs and promote the use of compact fluorescent (CFLs). "Changing a bulb is a small step for each of us, but if all of us decided to do so together, we can reduce India's carbon dioxide emissions and contribution to climate change by 4 percent which is as much as the entire carbon dioxide emission of a country like Denmark" K Srivivassan of Greenpeace told reporters.

(The Hindu, 17th  April 2007)