Bloomberg CityLab (11 February 2020)

Where Light Pollution Is Seeping Into the Rural Night Sky

Light pollution is also a threat to rural areas, and it’s disrupting ecosystems that rely on natural darkness. ... “We’ve always had this two-pronged approach: addressing the problem largely where it exists, which is in the cities, while recognizing the rural areas where darkness still exists [as] a form of natural resource,” says John Barentine, the organization’s policy director. “So we are concerned about some of these places that are lighting on Tim’s map.”

Read more: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2020/02/light-pollution-rural-america-star-gazing/606139/