From The Washington Examiner:
EPA chief: Light pollution 'in our portfolio'
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said light pollution is "in our portfolio" and that the agency is "thinking about it."
McCarthy, who has led the EPA in its recent campaigns to put strict regulations on power plants and U.S. waterways, was asked by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson if he could suggest a new mission for the agency.
"So is there a day, is there some occasion, where I can add light pollution to your portfolio," he asked McCarthy during a segment released for Sunday's episode of "Star Talk," a weekly late-night talk show he hosts on National Geographic.
"Well, this is another thing that's been called to our attention for satellites," McCarthy answered. "The imagery of the United States at night shows all those flares from oil and gas in places that are in the middle of nowhere. It is startling to me, to see the change in the night sky."
Talk about clueless - Light Pollution is a big deal for telescopes but the major observatories already have plans in place to deal with it - those "flares from oil and gas" are of no significance. McCarthy is trying to limit fossil fuel production and adding light pollution to her arsenal.
Interesting that she would be pairing up with Neil deGrasse Tyson - he is just not that bright. A personable man and a very fun speaker but he has been dead wrong on a number of occasions. A few of them have been documented here, here, here, here and here...
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