Differences between revisions 143 and 144
| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
| Line 7: | Line 7: |
|
'''Acadia Night Sky Festival: Sept. 9-13''' Want to appreciate everything the night sky has to offer — and learn how to protect it for yourself and for future generations? Then head "down east" to Bar Harbor, Maine, for this five-day celebration. Click [http://nightskyfestival.org/Festival/Home_.html here] for details. ---- |
|
| Line 10: | Line 15: |
|
---- '''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 [http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/475/refcome.pdf here]. |
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.
Acadia Night Sky Festival: Sept. 9-13
Want to appreciate everything the night sky has to offer — and learn how to protect it for yourself and for future generations? Then head "down east" to Bar Harbor, Maine, for this five-day celebration. Click here for details.
Massachusetts' Dark-sky Bill: Not This Year
Despite a steady, two-year effort by NELPAG, the Bay State's legislature ended its 2009-10 session on July 31st without passing an outdoor-lighting bill. In the final days, the Senate's Ways and Means Committee did not pass the bill S.2493 to the Senate floor for a vote, so it died in committee. We'll try again next session.
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.