Light Pollution

Light Pollution

Education & Associations
• International Dark Sky Association (IDA)
• New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
(NELPAG)
• Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council (POLC)
• Sensible & Efficient Lighting to Enrich the
Nighttime Environment (SELENE)

Articles
• The Bortle Scale Explained: How much light
pollution do you have?
• Measuring Light Pollution
• Light Pollution Wastes Energy & Money
• Lighting, Crime & Safety
• Light Pollution Effects on Wildlife
& Ecosystems
• What You Can Do
• Light Pollution Issues in New Jersey
• Towns direct efforts to clear sky, USA Today

Lighting Ordinances & Laws
• Existing Light Pollution Ordinances,
UMI Lowbrow

Outdoor Lighting Information
& Manufacturers
• Optics for Streetlights
• StreetLights.Net - good resource for
streetlighting information

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New York Metro Area Detail & RAC Dark Sky Sites
(Click image to enlarge) Source: Google Earth, 2015