Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting
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Description: Illinois organization serving to promote responsible outdoor lighting. Includes a very large collection of light pollution links.
Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting Why Does Outdoor Lighting Matter? In looking at our country from Earth orbit at night, what we see is manmade light, blazing forth a steady stream of energy equivalent to the total output of numerous electric power plants. This light (and the electricity which was consumed while creating it) is all being wasted by spilling it into the sky, rather than focusing it on to the actual objects and areas which people intended to illuminate. The composite photo of the continental U.S. shown above is from the
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| Page title: | Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting |
| Keywords: | Illinois, Chicago, light pollution, environmental concerns, global warming, energy efficiency, energy waste, outdoor lighting, artificial lighting, sky brightness, lighting fixtures, International Darksky Association |
| Description: | Organization founded to promote the implementation of better lighting practices to reduce energy waste and light pollution. |
| IP-address: | 74.208.90.224 |