“This issue comes down to preserving consumer choice and following the law,” said Undersecretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes, adding that the Trump administration is “focusing on innovation over regulation.” The move is a blow to more than a decade of work by some lawmakers and environmental advocates to phase out inefficient lightbulbs in favor of newer technologies. Some lightbulb manufacturers have opposed that push, while climate activists, state attorneys general and others argue that tighter standards are needed to increase energy efficiency in homes and reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change. Attorneys general from New York, California and 14 other states sued in November to stop the Energy Department’s move, which was proposed this summer. The states said protecting the more-energy-intensive bulbs would add $12 billion annually to consumer electricity costs and be a major source of pollution. The Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy […]