Look up. How many stars do you see after nightfall? If you live in a major city like Washington, D.C., chances are you’ll see nothing more than the hazy glow of street lights blanketing the sky. This ...

Duluth is preparing to reconstruct Superior Street. Part of this reconstruction will, of course, include streetlights. This is a great opportunity to reduce downtown light pollution and showcase how ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Street lamps and electricity poles around Victoria could soon be used to monitor air pollution and smoke, detecting bushfires early in ...

Pavla Rosenstein, a New Haven resident, has not been able to sleep since the city installed new street lights in her neighborhood. She has had to buy blackout blinds to sleep in her own room. “The one ...

Scientists are tapping into photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reliably measure the amount of light pollution worldwide. This study not only includes the ...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said light pollution is “in our portfolio” and that the agency is “thinking about it.” McCarthy, who has led the EPA in its recent campaigns ...

Las Vegas is a city that never sleeps, and neither do its glittering lights. It’s home to the brightest light beam in the world atop the Luxor, and now, the biggest and brightest sphere on the planet.

Light pollution is a man-made problem caused by the excessive use of artificial lights, especially at night. These lights can disrupt natural sleep cycles, waste energy, and even mislead migratory ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The growing oil and gas industry has been great for West Texas, but the growth has brought with it increased light pollution, especially at the McDonald Observatory, located within the ...

Light pollution in the bedroom could raise sleepers' risk of heart disease, research claims. Exposure to light at night, from electronic devices, street lamps or poorly drawn curtains, is never good ...

La Crosse Public Works Director Dale Hexom said gas lights will continue to be used in city-owned decorative lights in downtown and on South Avenue and Mormon Coulee Road. Xcel says the new fixtures ...

RICHMOND — Lawmakers unanimously supported a resolution that encouraged Virginians to “ponder the cosmic eons beyond” and consider the impact of increased light pollution. Del. David Reid, D-Loudoun, ...