Darkness News
Hudson Valley, NY Asks for Lights Out
June 2, 2022 - Hudson Valley Post
Residents of Southern NY have been asked by local authorities to turn off non-essential lighting at 11pm. The State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking these to avoid bird strikes.
Read MoreLocals Like Astrotourism
June 1, 2022 - Sustainability
A new study from the University of Zaragoza in Spain has determined that approval of dark sky-related laws and policies is related to how well they work as a draw for tourism.
Read MoreA Proposed Dark Sky Reserve Would be the World’s Largest
May 31, 2022 - Colorado Public Radio
A site proposed in southern central Colorado near Sangre de Cristo would cover 4,200 square miles of territory. Most of that space is within the bounds of two national protected forests.
Read MoreNew York State Expands Lights Out Order
May 30, 2022 - New York Ag Connection
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has joined the state’s General Services Commission in asking for rural residents to join in the effort to limit ‘unnecessary’ exterior light at night during migration seasons.
Read More3 German Cities Begin Reducing Street Lighting
May 27, 2022 - Tekdeeps
Darmstadt, Mainz, and Weimar have announced plans to either dim street lights, turn them on later, turn them off earlier, or add sensors that limit operation to when pedestrians and cyclists are present in the name of energy savings.
Read MoreJackson Hole, Wyoming Residents Reject Street Lighting
May 26, 2022 - Jackson Hole News & Guide
Residents along one street in western Wyoming have rejected a town council proposal to add street lighting. The street itself runs between a national forest and an elk reserve; complainants cited the need for dark skies in their letters to council.
Read MoreCircadian Disruption Linked to Several Cancers
May 25, 2022 - Frontiers in Oncology
An international team have linked damage to the circadian system’s operation is linked to bladder, kidney and prostate cancer rates.
Read MoreLight Pollution Drops as Energy Prices Rise
May 24, 2022 - The Guardian
The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s February and March star counting campaign has shown that recent nights are the darkest since 2011. Organizers of the citizen science project credit changes in energy use over the past two years with the improvements.
Read MoreNight Shift Work Raises Insulin and Leptin Levels
May 20, 2022 - Frontiers in Endocrinology
A long-term study comparing night and day shift nurses found that more than 8 days on the night shift causes notable changes to metabolic levels.
Read MoreLess Light at Twilight: the Key to Pedestrian Safety?
May 19, 2022 - Evari
Pedestrian fatalities are up, but staticians are beginning to think that the amount of light relative to time of day have an outsized effect on those numbers.
Read MoreDesign Lights Consortium Issues Whitepaper on Non-White LEDs
May 18, 2022 - Design Lights Consortium
A new publication from the DLC’s LUNA committee has determined that several types of amber LED lighting technologies are suitable for dark sky applications. The report also calls for new standards in how colors are labelled.
Read MoreANSI/IES TM-37 Evaluates and Addresses Sky Glow
May 16, 2022 - Energy Watch
The Illuminating Engineering Society and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created a new technical memorandum on describing, measuring, and estimating sky glow.
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