Light Pollution News

The path to neighborhood friendly starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you!

Ever wish you could see the stars at night? Well, here's your chance to join the conversation around how we can create a sustainable and equitable night that benefits people as much as it does ecology.

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 help walk you through the news around this broad topic of light pollution/the sustainable night.

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Guest

Tom Reinert

Tom is a former President (2023-2024) and current Board Member of DarkSky International. Prior to DarkSky International, his environmental activism included a decade fighting water pollution with local riverkeeper organizations on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. In 2013, seeing the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time with his naked eyes from atop Kitt Peak rekindled an interest in astronomy and a desire to eliminate light pollution. For several years, he assisted DarkSky as a volunteer on legal and public policy issues at the national level. He is a founding member of DarkSky NOVA in Northern Virginia outside Washington, D.C.

Guest appearance on:

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