81 News - Restoring Darkness

Highlights from the darkness news world:

– Blue blocking lenses don’t work

– Municipal governments leading on bird safety

– DarkSky’s photo contest winners

– Holidays are visible from space

Full links:

Blue-Light Glasses Are Unlikely to Help Eye Strain – https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013244.pub2/full

Holidays Are Visible from Space –

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013244.pub2/full

The impact of cyanopic illuminance on evening light induced circadian effects –

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132323005863

Circadian modulation by time-restricted feeding rescues brain pathology and improves memory in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease –

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdfExtended/S1550-4131(23)00273-5#:~:text=Whittaker%20et%20al.%20report%20circadian,memory%20deficits%20in%20AD%20mice.

Gray Catbird and House Wrens AHrmed by Light Pollution –

https://news.ncsu.edu/2023/08/for-two-backyard-bird-species-more-light-pollution-is-linked-to-lower-survival/#:~:text=The%20study%2C%20which%20drew%20on,more%20light%20pollution%20at%20night

Cities Leading the Way on Bird-friendly Building Policies –

https://informedinfrastructure.com/89322/cities-leading-the-way-on-bird-friendly-building-policies

Regional awareness campaigns –

Lousiana Wildlife Federation

https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/lights-out-louisiana-to-help-protect-billions-of-migratory-birds-flying-over-state

Baltimore

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/group-working-make-baltimore-bird-safe-ahead-migration-months/44830796#

College Station, TX

https://wtaw.com/college-station-proclamation-for-the-birds/

Dowylestown, PA

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lights-out-doylestown-to-darken-the-skies-for-migratory-birds/ar-AA1fBgQj

Belfast, Ireland is changing lighting policy to benefit starlings –

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66520263

Minami-Rokuroshi in Ono City, Fukui certified as Japan’s first Urban Night Sky Place

https://darksky.org/news/minami-rokuroshi-in-ono-city-certified-as-japans-first-urban-night-sky-place/

Utah Inland Port Authority Plans New Port Site Near Bird Snactuary Over Protests

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/environmentalists-say-inland-port-site-threatens-great-salt-lake

US CBP Resume Work on Border Structures in Starr County, TX –

https://myrgv.com/local-news/2023/08/18/feds-propose-20-miles-of-new-border-wall-in-starr-county-again/

Proposed Natural Gas Generating Plant Will in Billings, MT Will Have Night Friendly Lighting –

https://www.kulr8.com/news/hearings-regarding-yellowstone-county-generating-station/article_4af412d2-3d2c-11ee-a3db-fbb04ba6e452.html

HK Fishing Boats Are Using Too much undirected light to the detriment of everyone

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/20/how-nightly-marine-light-pollution-harms-sea-life-the-environment-and-hongkongers/

Kingsville, ON makes it an “offence to position any exterior lighting in a manner that causes impairment to the use or enjoyment of neighbouring properties” –

https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/residential-outdoor-lighting-changes-approved-in-kingsville-1.20135576

Boulder CO’s Switch LED on Streets Includes BUG Mitigation Plan

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/08/23/boulder-to-switch-all-streetlights-to-leds-aiming-for-energy-savings-and-starry-night-skies/

Navajo County, AZ Ban Light Trespass –

https://www.wmicentral.com/news/navajo-county-bans-light-trespassing/article_511929dc-8f15-52e2-ac60-88e7e75ac21b.html

Updates from Cody, WY –

Mayor Pulls building permit at the last minute

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/08/17/wyoming-mayor-orders-his-city-not/

And a Citizens Group has Sued the City to Keep it that Way –

https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_7a34bb69-9fe1-5516-9b9f-17f6949c459b.html

DarkSky Names Photo Contest Winners –

https://darksky.org/news/2023-capture-the-dark-winners-2/

Episode 81 News - The Darkness News Update August 29, 2023