Darkness News
Clarington, ON Introduces Lighting By-Law
March 10, 2023 - DurhamRegion.com
Southern Ontario town has voted in favor of the vaguely worded “No person shall create, cause or permit an intrusion of light of an unusual intensity or type onto adjacent property so as to be or to cause a nuisance.” after an uptick in municipal complaints since 2020.
Read MoreRegulations for Satellite Mega-Constellations Needed
March 9, 2023 - Springer Briefs in Law
A new book from Scott Millwood and Springer Briefs has published a short book established the case for ‘urgent need’ for sky protection measures as well as proposing a regulatory framework for such protections.
Read MoreTraverse City School Appeals Censure Over Unshielded Lighting
March 8, 2023 - Yahoo News
The parking lot of Immaculate Conception Elementary in northwestern Michigan has drawn complaints from neighbors for their brightness and spillage. The school had previously been ordered by courts to install shielding by the end of February, but have been given a stay to find alternative as long the fixtures are dimmed to under 500 lumens.
Read MoreWasatch County and Latter Day Saints Church Clash Over Lighting Regulations
March 7, 2023 - Salt Lake Tribun
A proposed temple in Haber Valley, Utah has filed for a zoning variance to allow upward-facing façade lighting, the county has maintained dark sky ordinances for nearly twenty years. Independent consultants have been brought in in hopes of a compromise.
Read MoreLeamington, ON Cites 12 Greenhouses on 88 Counts of Bylaw Violations
March 6, 2023 - CBC Windsor
The southern Ontario town’s light abatement bylaw can into force in November. Lighting that should be extinguished or blocked at night between 5pm and 8am has not be. Fines could be levied against all offenders.
Read MoreWaimakariri District, NZ Considers Dark Sky Community Program
March 3, 2023 - Star News Canterbury
The South Island’s Observatory and Astronomical Society staff were impressed by the Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve’s work in securing better lighting for the region and are beginning the process for themselves.
Read MoreMoffat, Scotland has a Volunteer Lamp Carriers Instead of Fixtures
March 2, 2023 - Atlas Obscura
The IDA-recognized dark sky town enlists local youths act as ‘links’, Elizabethan slang for a torch-bearer, for two weeks in January when most public and privately-owned exterior lighting is turned off.
Read MoreLiterature Review Confirms the Health Effects of ALAN
March 1, 2023 - Environmental Pollution
Researchers at the Institute for Information Technology and Human Factors, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have done a meta-study of 134 existing published pieces on light at night and its effects on people, plants and animals and reaffirmed the known harms of light pollution.
Read MoreLight Pollution is Changing Starling Behaviour
February 28, 2023 - BBC News
Starlings are known for forming large groups and flying in unison — called a murmuration by ornithologists. But Irish birdwatchers are seeing this on the decline and are concerned that LED lighting is the cause.
Read MoreYnys Enlli, Wales Named a Dark Sky Sanctuary
February 27, 2023 - IDA
Formerly known as Bardsey Island, the island site 1.9 miles off the coast of the UK. Home to 11 people and a bird observatory, the island is the first space awarded Sanctuary status in Europe by the International Dark Sky Association.
Read MoreSkellig Coast Plans Dark Sky Festival
February 24, 2023 - SCDarkSkyFest on Twitter
The Kerry Island Dark Sky Reserve in Ireland will host events from March 24-26th.
Read MoreALAN Extends West Nile Risk Season
February 23, 2023 - BioMed Central
Reserve in Ireland will host events from March 24-26th. Read More ALAN Extends West Nile Risk Season February 23 - BioMed Central Light pollution does disrupt the life cycles of Culex mosquitoes such that they enter hibernation later in year. Longer activity cycles leads to more feeding, which in turn leads to higher risk of mosquito-borne diseases, such as the West Nile Virus, being spread.
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