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Advocates press committee on light pollution and efficient lighting as public-safety and grid-resilience measures
Summary
Light-pollution advocates and a community garden volunteer told the Resilience Committee that properly designed, lower-wattage, targeted lighting improves safety, reduces health harms and can decrease electrical load.
Debbie Moran, a light-pollution advocate, and Steve Goldberg, a Westbury Community Garden volunteer, urged the Resilience Committee to consider light pollution as a public-health and grid-resilience issue and to schedule a fuller demonstration of proper lighting for committee members.
Moran described light pollution as “misused lighting, not all lighting” and linked excessive nighttime lighting to sleep disruption and health consequences. She asked the committee to allow a full presentation and demonstration; chair Twila Carter and council members agreed to schedule a follow-up so…
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