{"id":353,"date":"2008-01-11T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/01\/11\/better_cfls\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T16:05:57","slug":"better_cfls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/01\/11\/better_cfls\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pick a Better Bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"80\" alt=\"Sheryl Canter\" src=\"\/climate411\/wp-content\/files\/2007\/12\/sheryl_canter.png\" align=\"left\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the <i>New York Times<\/i> ran a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/10\/garden\/10lighting.html?pagewanted=all\">story about light bulbs<\/a>. If you only read the beginning of the article, you might think it was saying that compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) have poor quality light. But in fact, its conclusion &#8211; after testing a wide array of bulbs &#8211; was that some are better than others.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true &#8211; some <i>are<\/i> better than others. For information on CFLs and how they differ, check out our online guide, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightglobalwarming.com\/page.cfm?tagID=608\">How to Pick a Better Bulb<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense. Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story about light bulbs. If you only read the beginning of the article, you might think it was saying that compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) have poor quality light. 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