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N.J. prepares to install 10 millionth green light bulb
Listen to this articleLiberty Science Center to host session Friday commemorating milestone.New Jersey officials will gather at Liberty Science Center, in Jersey City, on Friday to mark a green milestone: 10 million Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulbs have been screwed into light sockets around the Garden State.
Representatives from the center will demonstrate the electricity consumption of an incandescent bulb versus a CFL using its electric meter system, and a student volunteer will change an old light bulb.
According to the state Board of Public Utilities, the 10 million CFLs lighting up New Jersey are cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 820 million pounds per year  the environmental equivalent of the emissions from 70,238 cars each year.
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