Policy

Our positions

Policy

DarkSky position statements address critical issues related to light pollution and dark skies. These position statements help inform all …

Request for support for a petition to reduce light pollution at night in New Zealand

News

The following is a guest post by Nalayini Brito-Davies, Vice President of the IDA Board of Directors. As with …

IDA appeals FCC approval of SpaceX Gen2 satellite constellation

Satellites

IDA has appealed in response to the FCC order and authorization approving SpaceX to deploy and maintain a constellation …

Pursuing Europe-wide action on light pollution

Policy

To support a proposal for EU-wide action on light pollution from the Czech Republic, IDA has developed a European …

Dark sky friendly outdoor lighting for policy makers

Resources

In an average year in the U.S. alone, outdoor lighting uses about 380 terawatt-hours of energy, mostly to illuminate …

DarkSky advocates for policy priorities that reduce light pollution and promote quality outdoor lighting

Policy

Carefully crafted and robust public policy is crucial to fulfilling DarkSky’s mission to restore the nightime environment and protect …