Episode 108 – News - Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter August 1st, 2024

Highlights from this episode:

• Orbital Debris

• TV Before Bed

• Hurricane Recovery

• Local Debates

 

Sponsored by Evluma

https://evluma.com/dark-sky-friendly-lighting/

 

Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle 

 

Headlines and Sources:

FCC Side with SpaceX over DSI in Light Pollution Complaint
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-court-rejects-challenges-fcc-approval-spacex-satellites-2024-07-12/

Former SpaceX Staffer Plans Reflector Satellite Service for Solar Farms 

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/reflect-orbital-space-solar-power/

Stanford U Commercializes Night Solar Panels

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed/ar-BB1qmf38

IAU General Assembly Session on Satellite Pollution

https://cps.iau.org/meetings/iauga24cps/

New Zealand Starlight Conference

https://starlightconference.org.nz/

New Dye for Blue-Reducing Lenses Patented

https://dallasinnovates.com/patented-aizacos-microplastics-detection-and-removal-technology-plus-more-north-texas-inventive-activity/

LG Displays OLEDs Are Sleep Friendly

https://www.ledinside.com/news/2024/7/2024_07_23_01

Body Temp Linked with Circadian Rhythm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67297-y#Sec2

New Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Insect Impacts

https://communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to-reduce-the-negative-impacts-of-artificial-light-at-night-on-flying-insects

Circadian Rhythms Linked with Receptor Densities

https://source.wustl.edu/2024/07/daily-rhythms-depend-on-receptor-density-in-biological-clock/

Circadian Dysregulation Linked with Alzheimer’s

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/photonics/articles/10.3389/fphot.2024.1389683/full

RAC Seeks to Secure Funds for Glare Study

https://www.ledsmagazine.com/specialty-ssl/article/55126071/new-uk-government-must-continue-to-fund-study-of-led-headlight-glare-says-motoring-group

Vegas Passes Lighting Ordinance Ahead of LDS Temple Project

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/las-vegas/lds-temple-project-takes-a-major-step-forward-in-las-vegas-3096604/

Shield Ranch Barton Creek, TX is an Urban Night Sky Place

https://darksky.org/news/shield-ranch-barton-creek-named-the-first-urban-night-sky-place-in-texas/

Twentynine Palms, CA Debates Light Trespass Regs

https://z1077fm.com/twentynine-palms-planning-commission-to-discuss-lighting-this-week/

Catlins, NZ to Pursue DSI Recognition

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/18/could-this-be-new-zealands-next-dark-sky-reserve/

Taos, NM Updates Lighting Ordinance

https://www.taosnews.com/news/environment/preserving-ancestral-skies/article_c803f5ec-f349-55e9-af73-70fae5dc0191.html

DS Oregon Pushes Back On Light in the Columbia River Gorge

https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/jul/22/night-skies-in-the-gorge-are-getting-brighter-this-group-is-pushing-back/

Lincolnwood, IL Bans “Garish” Lights from Business

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/lincolnwood-bans-garish-lights-called-attention-getting-devices/

Hurricane Recovery Grants Pay for Turtle-Safe Lighting in FL

https://inside.lighting/news/24-07/visionaire-cree-hapco-cash-77-million-florida-grant-sea-turtles

Ann Arbor, MI Debates Street Light Brightness

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/07/proposed-led-streetlights-are-too-bright-ann-arbor-dark-sky-proponents-argue.html

Swanage, Dorset, UK to Switch to Dimmer Street Lights

https://us14.admin.mailchimp.com/reports/clickmap?id=8829524

Melbourne, Australia to Switch of Digital Billboard Late at Night

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/18/let-there-be-night-digital-billboards-to-be-turned-off-to-curb-light-pollution-under-melbourne-city-proposal

Groveland, FL Adopts Dark Sky Ordinance

https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2024/07/16/city-looks-stars-lighting-policy?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2SkT8lHNtG5wlGrXvqtiz-UFJwAheV47VA0ntZRffoYsZzy0YqVeRfi_U_aem_nuSZdS63zGHO89EEYGwe6A

Guelph, ON Approves Light Pollution Bylaw

https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/guelph-is-getting-a-light-pollution-bylaw-9250664

Anna Maria Island, FL Sets Record For Sea Turtle Nests

https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-sea-turtle-nests-continue-080432203.html

Truckee, CA Holds Night Photo Contest

https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-sea-turtle-nests-continue-080432203.html

DSI Releases Coloring Pages

https://darksky.org/news/coloring-pages-for-summer-travel/

Traverse City, MI School Will Pay $100 in Fines to Keep Lighting, Insists It’s for Safety

https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/lights-still-on—for-safety-school-officials-say/article_039b169c-49ce-11ef-b377-8f5cb3a91ca0.html