This episode's guests:

• Babak Tafreshi, Photojournalist for National Geographic.
• Tom Reinert, Past President of Dark Sky International.
• Jeffrey Calta, President of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival.

Bill's News Picks:

• How Atlanta’s ‘Light Up the Night’ program is making streets safer—one LED at a time, 11Alive.
• ‘The right light:’ Pittsburgh begins installing LED streetlights, Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Union Progress.
• Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that' (photo), Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com.
• Light Pollution Solutions - A Brazilian Port Uses Night-Vision Tech to Protect Wildlife, Georgia Wray Norsten, Cleanthesky.com.

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The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.

This episode's guests:

• Tom Reinert, Past President of Dark Sky International.
• Jeffrey Calta, President of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival.

Bill's News Picks:

• See photos of Manhattanhenge as seen from 42nd St. in Manhattan, Seth Harrison, Iohud.
• Space-time cube reveals escalating light pollution in China's national parks: impact of boundary geometry and human activities (1992–2021), Environmental Pollution.
• Streets going dark to deter mayflies, Caitlin Hunt, News5.
• Nocturnal pollinators just as important as their daytime colleagues, study finds, Phys.org.
• How LED lights can help birds avoid fatal run-ins with windows, NPR.

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Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.

This month's guests:

• David Eicher, Editor-in-Chief of the Astronomy Magazine.
• Nancy Gonlin, Professor of Anthropology at Bellevue College.
• Michael Colligan, Host of Restoring Darkness.

Bill's News Picks:

• Light pollution’s impact on Indigenous cultures, Abbe Whitford, Astrobites.
• Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Environmental Health Perspectives.
• Associations between light at night and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Science of The Total Environment.
• Being a parent can be dizzying. To reorient, I look to the stars, Gila Lyons, Los Angeles Times.

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Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.