September 2024: Totality of Impact!

Light Pollution News

A lot to discuss this month! Host Bill McGeeney is joined by an expert panel featuring the equitable conservationist, Shelana deSilva, lawyer and satellite researcher, Yana Yakushina, and, consultant, John Barentine.
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Bill's Picks:

• Environmental impact (light pollution and energy wastage) of artificial grow lighting to replenish grass pitches in sports stadiums, World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews.
  
• Court Upholds FCC Approval of Starlink’s LEO Launch License, Ted Hearn, Broadband Breakfast.
  
• Elaborate light show projected from Eiffel Tower, NBC News.
  
• Hickenlooper, Crapo Introduce Bill to Preserve Night Sky from Interference, Aid Research, US Senator Hickenlooper for Colorado.
  
• Coloring Pages for Summer Travel, Natasha Chortos, Dark Sky International.

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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!
Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to walk through the news around this broad topic of light pollution.

Fejezetek

1. September 2024: Totality of Impact! (00:00:00)

2. Nighttime Fishing and Stadium Lighting (00:13:55)

3. SpaceX Starlink Satellite Legal Challenges (00:23:55)

4. Impacts of Satellites on Environment (00:35:28)

5. Legislation for Dark Skies Preservation (00:41:29)

6. Collaboration to Reduce Light Pollution (00:48:47)

7. Equitable Conservation and Light Pollution (01:00:52)