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Colbert does the light bulb ​‘ban’

Stephen Colbert takes on the ​“socket huggers” who want us to fill our homes with ​“pigtail bulbs.”
By Ken Paulman

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Stephen Colbert takes on the ​“socket huggers” who want us to fill our homes with ​“pigtail bulbs”:

And Dale Bryk from the Natural Resources Defense Council explains that ​“nobody is coming to take your light bulb away,” takes on the mercury myth, and says she’s not a big fan of CFL bulbs, either.

Ken Paulman is the director of impact at Canary Media. He was previously the founder and director of the Energy News Network, which merged with Canary Media in 2025.

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