Re: Light pollution in the UK

I understood that as of January 4th this year light pollution is required
to be stopped by law if a person complains that the pollution spills onto
their property. This applies to street lighting.

However, since I havent seen anyone use this law I wonder if it actually
came to pass. Anyone know?

I fly airliners for a living and am always amazed at the amount of light we
send to space. maybe councils havent heard yet, but we dont REALLY follow
roads!


david
"AA Institute" <abdul.ahad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What is the status of any public uproars (well, public uproars only in
> the astronomy community, that is!) on curbing this *disease* that's out
> to ruin all future stargazing fun for amateurs in the UK and worldwide
> alike? Has there been any serious legislation proposed/drafted to
> control this problem going forward?
>
> Has anyone proposed forwarding a million-signature petition to Tony
> Blair yet?! I don't think he's into astronomy personally... if he were,
> he would have prevented a lot of it a long time ago. Is there ANY
> politician who is a keen astronomer or has a strong bias in favour of
> astronomy?
>
> Probably a topic that's been on everyone's mind, but the problem in
> Luton is just getting worse and worse.
>
> Abdul Ahad
>


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