[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Light Pollution

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More U.S. cities dimming the lights

By Haya El Nasser
USA TODAY
Dcember 29, 2010

The push to turn down the lights in American cities is gaining broad 
support from several unlikely allies — from conservationists and 
builders to city planners and the military.

Dark-sky legislation - laws requiring such measures as shielding outdoor 
lighting to reduce light pollution - has been embraced by about 300 
counties, cities and towns.

...

The laws have won support in states such as Texas, home to several 
military bases, because lights at night can interfere with military 
drills. Trying to simulate flying over remote parts of Afghanistan is 
difficult when skies are aglow from city-light glare.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-12-29-light-pollution_N.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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