BY KELSEY TAMBORRINO, Politico Power Switch

A vintage-style incandescent lightbulb (center) is shown with an LED lightbulb (left) and a compact fluorescent lightbulb on Dec. 27, 2013, in Chicago. | Scott Olson/Getty Images

Republicans have spent months raging against any government-mandated shift away from gas stoves. All the while, the focus of a previous culture war — the incandescent lightbulb — will meet its official demise by the end of the month. Manufacturers and retailers have already been removing the inefficient bulbs from their shelves, a trend driven in large part by Energy Department rules that bar their sale. It’s a quiet end to a political battle that had Republican lawmakers railing against federal overreach more than a decade ago. The same kinds of fights will probably play out again and again as governments and companies look to slash the climate impact of everything from home appliances to cars, said Alex Flint, executive director of the conservative Alliance for Market Solutions. These debates “will happen at the scale of what power plants to build. They will happen at the scale of what lightbulbs to install and everything in between,” Flint said. “There is change coming in all aspects of our energy economy, and there will be fights like this along the way.” Read the full story here If you liked this post, you’ll love our daily environmental newsletter, EnviroPolitics. It’s packed daily with the latest news, commentary, and legislative updates from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware…and beyond. Don’t take our word for it, try it free for an entire month. No obligation.