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Light Pollution News

Light Pollution News

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can"t sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best

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69:15

October 2026: Luminance Lace!

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2026/10/07

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests:Diane Turnshek, researcher, astronomer, writerSteve Mariconda, DarkSkyNJGina Pearson, Dark Sky Land, Inc.Bill's News Picks: Conservationists monitor migrating birds as Mt. Washington 9/11 tribute lights up night sky, Kate Dario, New Hampshire Public Radio. Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations, Biological Conservation. Fifteen new dark sky sites named for astrotourism in Thailand, The Nation. When photo

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47:59

September 2026: Lighting for Reassurance

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2026/09/14

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests:John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting, LLCLin Meng, EcologistBill's News Picks: How to Grieve a Changing Planet, Phil Lane MSW, LCSW, Psychology Today. Mitigating artificial light at night: effectiveness of policies and implications for plant phenology, PNAS Nexus. Breckenridge's dark night skies are dreamy — but they come at a cost, Emma VandenEinde, MarketPlace. Nighttime light exposure is associated with metabolic dysfunction in schizophrenia:

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69:23

September 2026: Solar Days.

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2026/08/31

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests:John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting, LLCLin Meng, EcologistZhe Zhu, Remote Sensing SpecialistBill's News Picks: A Big Government Decision Could Change Theme Parks Forever, Erica Lauren, Inside the Magic. Artificial light at night extends pollen season and elevates allergen exposure, PNAS Nexus. Breckenridge's dark night skies are dreamy — but they come at a cost, Emma VandenEinde, MarketPlace. Conservation group praises new Kentucky law

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56:51

August 2026: Sustainable Regeneration? Or is it...

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2026/08/17

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests:Ruskin Hartley, CEO Dark Sky InternationalDr. Kaori Yokochi, EcologistShane Ludtke, Actual Astronomy PodcastBill's News Picks: L&A Dark Sky Viewing Area becomes home to 25” telescope, Attilla Danko Deep, Tori Stafford, Kingstonist. Design approved for AlUla Manara observatory and research center, Arab News. How Bats Keep Agave Alive: The Nighttime Pollinators Behind Tequila, Reynard Loki, LAProgressive.Farmers in a national park are turning down

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61:22

August 2026: Fundamental Rhythms.

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2026/08/03

Submit Voicemail! This episode's guests:Ruskin Hartley, CEO Dark Sky InternationalDr. Kaori Yokochi, EcologistShane Ludtke, Actual Astronomy PodcastBill's News Picks: Chief Star Counter, VisitSunshineCoast.Sustainable community development in mountain regions: the case study of Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, Sustainable Earth.The Impact of Sunlight and Artificial Light at Night on Sleep Stages: Evidence From a 7-Day Sensor-Based Observational Study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth.LA

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52:46

July 2026: Cosmovision!

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2026/07/20

Submit Voicemail!This episode's guests:Amy Oliver, Science CommunicatorMichael Calhoun, Environmental ActivistTed Blank, International Dark Sky Discovery CenterBill's News Picks: Pope warns main threat common to religion and science is denial of objective truth, Victoria Cardiel, EWTN News. Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the darkest places on Earth. But now the light is intruding, Richard Fisher, BBC.Awe in nature fosters science identity and belonging inparticipatory scientists

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65:26

July 2026: I Miss My Land Line!

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2026/07/06

Submit Voicemail!This episode's guests:Amy Oliver, Science CommunicatorMichael Calhoun, Environmental ActivistTed Blank, International Dark Sky Discovery CenterBill'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 Louisburg, Ryan Gamboa, KSHB.Decade-Long Photometric Observations of Light Pollution and Cloud Effects on Night Sky

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53:40

June 2026: Avoiding Light Fetish.

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2026/06/22

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 conditions, Environmental Pollution. Chronic Artificial Light at Night Exposure Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and

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60:07

June 2026: Let Bats Be Themselves!

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2026/06/08

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 trawling Daubenton’s bats, Scientific Reports.Assessing the benefits of part-night lighting on a tropical bat species endemic to Reunion

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57:43

May 2026: Trust Nobody, Check Everything

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2026/05/18

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. They're Bigger Than the ISS, Michael Kan, PCMag. Blue Origin Joins the Race for Orbital Data Centers With 51K Satellite Plan,

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57:25

May 2026: Reverse Vertigo

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2026/05/04

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-time lighting a mitigation measure for a common amphibian? A case study on Bufo spinosus, Biodiversity and Conservation. Satellite

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47:59

April 2026: Mandate Controls.

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2026/04/20

This episode's guests:Johan Eklöf, Author of Darkness Manifesto.Chetna Misra, Lightbahn.Leo Smith, ReduceLP.comBill'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, KREMGlynn County’s new zoning draft fails to update light protections for sea turtles, Jabari Gibbs, The Current GA.Light pollution in the wild affects adult

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64:22

April 2026: Conquering Nature!

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2026/04/06

This episode's guests:Johan Eklöf, Author of Darkness Manifesto.Chetna Misra, Lightbahn.Leo Smith, ReduceLP.comBill'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 Kaikōura's dark sky status – council, 1 News. ‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’

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46:43

Why It's So Bright at Night? Recent Chris Beckett...

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2026/03/30

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 PROBLEMChris Beckett discovered an exceptionally bright light only about 2km from his Saskatchewan observatory. It was orders of magnitude brighter than typical outdoor lighting and nearly rendered his observatory unusable. THE SOLUTIONChris worked

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73:05

March 2026: Create Your Own Meaning.

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2026/03/16

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 Streetlights, and It Could Revolutionize Urban Lighting Around the World, Arezki Amiri, Daily Galaxy. A Methodological Proposal for

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65:50

March 2026: Look at Me - Lighting!

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2026/03/02

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 Sphere venue is coming to the US, Fraser Lewry, Louder.LED lighting undermines visual performance unless supplemented by wider

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66:35

February 2026: Connections.

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2026/02/16

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 turbines, Journal of Applied Ecology. Tawny owls are turning to street lighting to help them hunt, British Ecological Society. Impact of

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56:30

February 2026: Warm Yellow Richness!

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2026/02/02

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 balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand, People and Nature. Illuminating

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52:51

January 2026: Knowledge Availability!

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2026/01/19

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 light at night on ecosystem metabolism, Nature. Midnight darkness and evening melatonin pre-treatment reverse night-light-induced

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57:40

January 2026: 0.68%

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2026/01/05

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 to more artificial light at night may raise heart disease risk, American Heart Association. ‘My Neighbor’s Christmas Lights Shine into

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