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Legislative Committee has recommended Governor appoint lighting Task Force (committee report page 17)

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Outdoor Lighting Task Force media coverage
Indianapolis Star -- Associated Press version (Evansville, Madison, Gary, Bloomington, others)
ICOLE press release Governor urged "appoint the task force"
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Dr. Barry Clark's report examines lighting and crime studies - what do they tell us? (other formats)
UK's Guardian article: "Bright lights do not deter crime"
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Our Vanishing Sky
First of its kind exhibit created at Evansville Museum courtesy sponsor Vectren Energy
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Indiana Legislative committee hears ICOLE presentation: (EQSC minutes pg 5)
"Introduction to the Impacts of Outdoor Lighting"
Read ICOLE’s report "Outdoor Lighting Practices in the State of Indiana"
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St. Joseph County, South Bend each adopt a lighting ordinance
Indiana’s Dark-sky Park Potawatomi Wildlife Park
The Town of Avon's ordinance (Sec. 14-15) effective January 1, 2003
Monrovia adopts Morgan County’s first outdoor lighting ordinance
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Legislative Council resolution - Scroll to the end
Hendricks County’s comprehensive lighting ordinance (chapter 58, section 58.10)
BP/McDonald's glare wrecks havoc on Hanover College Observatory
ABC World News Tonight report: Light pollution is a human health hazard
Firm develops no-glare residential lighting -- "The Glarebuster"
Nashville, IN adopts Outdoor Lighting Ordinance written with ICOLE help
Audubon Magazine's "Dark Side of Light"  features night light's harmful impact on birds and humans
Indiana Chapter Sierra Club's Resolution on Light Pollution
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ICOLE's guest article in the Louisville Courier-Journal Forrest Hamilton's Guest Article "Lighting Presents Glaring Problem"
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