Light Pollution News

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Amy Oliver , Science Communicator Michael Calhoun , Environmental Activist Ted Blank , International Dark Sky Discovery Center Bill's News Picks:  Investigating light pollution trends at astronomical observatories worldwide , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . Powell Observatory seeks new home amid growing light pollution in Louis...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Ken Walczak , Night Light Consulting . Mark Baker , Soft Lights Foundation . Charles Hood , Author of Nature at Night. Bill's News Picks:  Ford Government's bill 98 Could be the final Death Knell for Birds , Alexis Wright & Anushka Yadav, The Pointer .  Artificial light at night disrupts immune rhythms in wild rodents under semi-natural c...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Ken Walczak , Night Light Consulting . Mark Baker , Soft Lights Foundation . Charles Hood , Author of Nature at Night. Bill's News Picks:    Finland's longest bridge reaches completion in Helsinki , Starr Charles, Dezeen . The Bay Lights Come Back On Tonight After Three-Year Hiatus , SF Gate .   Light and ultrasonic noise pollution displaces...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Yana Yakushina , lawyer, researcher, and dark sky protection educator. Barrington Russell , founder of DarkSkySites.com . Paul Marchant , Statistician. Bill's News Picks:  Moonlight: a neglected driver of primate sleep ecology , Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . A04615 , New York State Assembly . Musk Offers Sneak Peek at Orbiting Data Centers...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Megan Eaves-Egenes, Author of Nightfaring - In Search of the Disappearing Darkness. Barrington Russell , founder of DarkSkySites.com . Paul Marchant , Statistician. Bill's News Picks:  My Favorite Dark Sky Running in the U.S. , Andy Cochrane, Run .  Bali becomes a ghost town for new year. Here's why , Gillian Aeria, ABC News .  Is urban part-...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Johan Eklöf, Author of Darkness Manifesto. Chetna Misra , Lightbahn. Leo Smith , ReduceLP.com Bill's News Picks:  Residents, feeling shut out, boo city over lighting plans at Waveland , Virginia Barreda, Des Moines Register . Spokane homeowners can get a free motion sensor light through new city program , Shannon Moudy, KREM Glynn County’s new zon...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Johan Eklöf, Author of Darkness Manifesto. Chetna Misra , Lightbahn. Leo Smith , ReduceLP.com Bill's News Picks:    SMITH, LEO F v. MULLINS, RAHEEM L Et Al , State of Connecticut Judicial Branch .    The border wall is closing in on Big Bend, sparking opposition by locals , Martha Psowski, Inside Climate News .    New planning rules threaten Kaik...

Submit Voicemail! In this episode, Bill McGeeney interviews Chris Beckett of the Actual Astronomy Podcast . One day, he discovered a new sun glaring directly toward his observatory. This is the story of how he worked to bring sanity back to his nighttime environment.  THE PROBLEM Chris Beckett discovered an exceptionally bright light only about 2km from his Saskatchewan observatory. It was orders...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Remi Bouche, Science Coordinator at Mont-Megantic. Jeremey Evans , Photographer - Filmmaker. Dashiell Leeds , Conservation Coordinator for the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter. Bill's News Picks: “The Most Challenging Argument to Make”: Feelings of Safety in Dark Sky Advocacy , Environmental Communication .  Denmark Is Switching to Red Streetlight...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Remi Bouche, Science Coordinator at Mont-Megantic. Jeremey Evans , Photographer - Filmmaker. Dashiell Leeds , Conservation Coordinator for the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter. Bill's News Picks: Let there be light — but not in Maine , GREG WALCHER, The Daily Sentinel. Our state is the best place in the country to bring dreams to life: A second Sp...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Shweta Kulkarni, AstronEra. Josh Dury , Award Winning Photographer. Jim Webster , Advocate. Bill's News Picks: Explore NASA’s most detailed map of the night sky yet , Andrew Paul, Popular Science .  Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy , Nature .  Minimizing aviation lighting duration reduces bat attraction to wind tur...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Shweta Kulkarni, AstronEra. Josh Dury , Award Winning Photographer. Jim Webster , Advocate. Bill's News Picks: DarkSky One supercar lurks in the dark like a ninja with its sensible lighting , Gaurav Sood, Yanko Design .  Colored light changes how music makes us feel , Eric Ralls , Earth.com.   Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and ba...

Submit Voicemail!   This episode's guests: Randy Nelson, PhD, Circadian Rhythm Researcher. Scott Lind , Electrical Engineer, CEO Redshift Lighting. Rushil Kukreja , Founder of Princia . Bill's News Picks: Space Modernization for the 21st Century NPRM , FCC .  Palo Alto approves dark sky ordinance, sets earlier curfew , Riley Cooke, Palo Alto Online .  Widespread influence of artificial l...

Submit Voicemail!   This episode's guests: Randy Nelson, PhD, Circadian Rhythm Researcher. Scott Lind , Electrical Engineer, CEO Redshift Lighting. Rushil Kukreja , Founder of Princia . Bill's News Picks: New York’s Skyline Has a Bold New Look , Nicholas Mancall-Bitel, New York Times . Switching off public lighting: a study on local authority practices , Samuel Busson, Cerema . Exposure...

Submit Voicemail! Find today's articles at LightPollutionNews.com. Happy Holidays friends! It's our annual Holiday Potluck show! This is the show where guests return to discuss their favorite stories of 2025!  We welcome back to the show: John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting Yana Yakushina, Lawyer Dr. Mario Motta ( absentia ) Michael Calhoun Steve Mariconda Patrick Sommer  Article List: ...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Dr. Amardeep Dugar , Lighting Designer. Dani Robertson , Author / Dark Sky Officer. Stephane Picard , CEO of Cliff Valley Astronomy. Bill's News Picks: Remote Welsh island with population of three people searching for new tenant family , BBC News .  Headlight complaints abound, but glare-related crashes haven’t increased , Joe Young, IIHS .  Spat...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Dr. Amardeep Dugar , Lighting Designer. Dani Robertson , Author / Dark Sky Officer. Stephane Picard , CEO of Cliff Valley Astronomy. Bill's News Picks: Ikea just made a mini bed for your phone , Grace Snelling, Fast Company .  Individual-Level Exposure to Light at Night and Sleep Health: A Comparison between Real-Time Mobility-Based Measurements...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Tatsiana Thomson , Brome Bird Care. John Barentine , Dark Sky Consulting. Lynne Peeples , Author of the Inner Clock. Bill's News Picks: Environmental Commission applauds progress on bird-safe buildings , Amy Smith, Austin Monitor .  Great River Bridge goes dark for birds , Hawk Eye . Puffins, petrels, and places: Understanding human perceptions to...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Tatsiana Thomson , Brome Bird Care. John Barentine , Dark Sky Consulting. Lynne Peeples , Author of the Inner Clock. Bill's News Picks: Spectacular drone show over Vatican recreates Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam,’ Virgin Mary , Ariel Zilber, New York Post . As more cities get Dark Sky label, these Indigenous communities apply the same tenets ,...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Yana Yakushina , Lawyer and Researcher. James Lowenthal , Astronomer. Vicky Derksen , Night Sky Tourist. Bill's News Picks: Randomised trial reveals a mismatch between preferences for and hormonal responses to anthropogenic light colour temperatures , PLOS One .  Light Wavelength Modulates the Effects of Lighted Nights on Sleep, Metabolism and Ox...

Submit Voicemail!  This episode's guests: Yana Yakushina , Lawyer and Researcher. James Lowenthal , Astronomer. Vicky Derksen , Night Sky Tourist. Bill's News Picks: The endangered night: the challenge of light pollution within the international environmental legal context , Journal of Environmental Law .    On National Space Day, Fadnavis pledges India's first state Dark Sky Policy...

Submit Voicemail!  In this episode, Bill McGeeney interviews Vasu Menon, a NC State computer science student who created Stargazer.org   - a revolutionary web app that solves every amateur astronomer's planning nightmare. Born from a frustrating full-moon stargazing trip to Virginia's Stanton River park, this tool combines dark sky locations, weather forecasts, and lunar data into one si...

Submit Voicemail! Episode Summary Discover how one artist is tackling light pollution through whimsical street art. Berlin visual artist Alona Rodeh joins the show to discuss her viral "Nightcaps" project - 3D-printed "hats" that transform unshielded street lamps into community art while reducing light pollution. Key Topics Covered The Nightcaps Project : 15 sculptural lamp cov...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Steve Mariconda , MPH. Frank Turina , Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center. Bill's News Picks: Natural experiments from Earth Hour reveal urban night sky being drastically lit up by few decorative buildings , Scientific Reports . Night lights versus conservation dreams: balancing human preferences with conservation goals in...

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests: Steve Mariconda , MPH. Frank Turina , Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center. Bill's News Picks: ‘This is a big win’: Planning Commission embraces ‘dark skies’ for Rappahannock County , Bob Hurley, Rappahonnock News . A CT man claims state courts don’t comply with a certain law. Why he says it matters. , Sean Krofssik, Hartfo...