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Teck secures grants to expand smelting ops. -- Full Story
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NLR and PNNL Map Rare Earths Deposits
New atlas will be made with the help of the US DoE. -- Full Story
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Star Catcher Secures VC Funds
$65M for space mirrors to boost satellite energy. -- Full Story
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RENO Lighting Funds EFC Scholarships
Funds for ON or QC students in electrical engineering, business management, and ops management. -- Full Story
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US Supreme Court Upholds CAO Lighting Ruling
Verdict stands. -- Full Story
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Glass Falling from Hotel Lighting Leads to Lawsuit
Hawai'i Lighting Representatives sue BYZANTIVM. -- Full Story
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Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition Open for Registration
9th – 12th June. -- Full Story
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Lighting World & Home Tech Expo Sets a Date
14–16 January 2027 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
-- Full Story
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Room Block Open for 2026 NALMCO Conference
Oct 9-15.
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IES and PNNL Announce Summer Webinars
June to August -- Full Story
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LCA Updates Sensor Course
EE102A: Occupancy and Vacancy Sensors revised on the NEMA Academy. -- Full Story
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Semtech Joins Z-Wave Alliance
Will serve on the Board.
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SKYX Signs Licensing Deal with Eurofase
New controls tech deal. -- Full Story
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Telenor and Verdane Form Joint Venture
New merger in the IoT world.
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Canadian Officials Warn of BadBox
60,000 infections reported on connected devices.
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At Hope Bright-Light Therapy Boost Depressed Teens
New outpatient study of major depressives from Peking U Health Center. -- Full Story
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More Street Lights, More Walkers
New data from Osaka Metropolitan U.
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Glowing Algae from CU Boulder
New chemical solution to sustain glow in Pyrocystis lunula for weeks. -- Full Story
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New Glow to Find Microplastics in Water
Penn Engineering has a dye that helps detect particles under specialized lights.
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Ferns Can Extract Rare Earths
They pull minerals from the soil to store in their leaves. -- Full Story
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AI Hunts for Domestic Gallium
Ames National Laboratory and Indium Corp are working on resin to help with extraction.
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Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop
Previously discovered earthquake detection techniques can pick up speech. -- Full Story
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New Survey of Museum Lighting
Study shows they don't have clear guidance on standards.
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Sleep Deprivation: Bad for the Economy!! (also, humans. but think of the shareholders) -- Link
Sleep Duration Linked with Aging -- Link
New Primer on Circadian Rhythms for Psychiatrists -- Link
RAS Calls For Light Pollution to Be Regulated Like Other Pollutants -- Link
Light Pollution Correlated with Opioid Overdose Rates -- Link |
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Swiss Bees Keep Dying, Guess Why? -- Link
Light Pollution Changing Puma and Bobcat Habits -- Link
ALAN Alters Physical Functions of Lizard Biology -- Link
Earthworms, Who Don't Have Eyes, Bothered by Light Pollution -- Link
Owls Bothered by ALAN -- Link
Light at Night Linked with Reduced Immunity in Rats -- Link
LV, NV Lighting Altering Mosquito Habits -- Link
Different Ornamental Plants React to ALAN Differently, Get Your Gardener and Hardscaper Talking Early -- Link |
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ICE Concentration Camp in South Florida May Close (because it is expensive to run, not any of the environmental or human rights concerns) -- Link
Powell Observatory, KS Needs to Move -- Link
Kerry, Ireland to Measure Sky Quality -- Link
Breckenridge, CO Moves Ahead with Compliance -- Link
Ross, Australia Seeks DSI Recognition -- Link
Badlands Natl Park Almost a DSI Park -- Link
Black Mesa State Park Recognized by DSI -- Link
Kosmos Stargazing Resort and Spa in CO Recognized as a DarkSky Lodging -- Link
Black Mesa State Park Recognized by DSI -- Link
Whitehorse, YK Adopts New Zoning -- Link
Summit, CO Teens Try to Solve Light Pollution -- Link
DSI Condemns Mining in the Boundary Waters -- Link |
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Macon, GA's New 150-ft Cross Promises Not to Be That Bad -- Link
Hempworth, UK Golf Course Closes Pickleball Courts -- Link
Jefferson County, FL Cannabis Farm Draws Complaints -- Link
Texans Protest Big Bend's DHS Walls -- Link
Different Texans Protest Walls in Rio Grande Valley -- Link
Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, NM Fights DHS -- Link
US State Department Annoyed About Chinese Support for Darkness Near Chilean Observatory -- Link
Bootheel, NM Pushes Back on Proposed Gold Mine -- Link
Bakersfield, CA Pushes Back on Proposed LDS Temple -- Link
Lawsuits Against the Beckhams Begin -- Link |
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Northwich, UK is a Butterfly-Friendly Town -- Link
For The Birds
Erie, PA Begins Awareness Campaign -- Link
Ditto MI -- Link
... and WI -- Link
... and in Louisville, KY -- Link
... and in MN -- Link
... and in AK and OK -- Link
Wellsboro, PA is a Gold Bird Town; per Audubon Society -- Link
Ottawa, ON is a Bird Friendly City, per Nature Canada -- Link
Caledon, ON is a Bird Friendly City, per Nature Canada -- Link
For The Turtles
Palm Beach, FL Beach Renourishment Harms Nesting -- Link
Folly Beach, FL Beach Begins Charging for Beach Chairs Left Out Overnight -- Link
SC Nesting Down 50% since 2019 -- Link
Nesting Begins in Israel -- Link |
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Hutt Valley, NZ Car Chargers Cut for Copper -- Link
Queensland, Aus Plagues By Copper Thieves -- Link |
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CA Revises Workplace Violence Prevention Standards Draft -- Link
Kalamazoo Approves Lighting Changes -- Link
Detroit Seeks Public Input on Lighting Plan -- Link
Toronto, ON Light Pedestrian Pathways Under Highways -- Link
$500K (CAD) in Infrastructure Fund in Rainy River Region, ON -- Link
LA, CA Installs Solar Street Lights in North Hollywood -- Link
Cincinnati, OH Expands Safety Program -- Link |
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Ameresco to Relight Saginaw, NY Schools -- Link
Ameresco Completes Lighting Project at Charlo, NY Schools -- Link
New lighting for Outdoor School in Batchewana First Nation, ON -- Link
Hancock County, MS Passes Bond for School Renovations -- Link |
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Lack of Lighting Definitely the Cause of Nuisance Behaviour in Denver, CO Parks -- Link
Nonprofits Light Dallas Bridges -- Link
$100K for Security Around Historic Black Cemetery in Manatee County, FL -- Link |
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New Baseball Field Lighting in Ottumwa, Iowa -- Link
Private Donors Expand Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa -- Link |
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