The New England Light Pollution Advisory Group (NELPAG) is a volunteer group founded in 1993 to educate the public on the benefits of using efficient, glare-free outdoor night lighting — and understanding what to light, when (and when not) to light it, and how much light is needed.
Many Streetlights in Three Towns Going Dark
On August 17th, the Board of Selectmen in Andover, MA, voted to turn off up to 626 of the town's nearly 1,700 streetlights. That follows similar recent actions in Milton, MA, which began pulling the plug on roughly half of its streetlights in July. Selectmen in Warren, MA, voted in June to shut off 120 streetlights.
AMA Weighs in on Light Pollution
Thanks to NELPAG's Mario Motta, the American Medical Association has unanimously passed Resolution 516 concerning outdoor lighting, light pollution, and glare's effects on night vision. Read it here.
Lighting Bills Approved in New Hampshire and Maine!
Four down, two to go! On May 4th Maine governor John Balducci signed outdoor-lighting bill HP6, LD11, and on July 15th Governor John Lynch signed New Hampshire's HB 585, the Outdoor Lighting Efficiency Act of 2009!
Did You Know?
To keep a single 100-watt light bulb on all night, every night, requires more than 400 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year — the energy equivalent of burning more than 500 pounds of coal.