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CBP Wants to Blast Bright-as-Day Lighting into Critical Wildlife Areas: A Q&A with Laiken Jordahl

A wealth of scientific data shows that nonnatural light pollution has severe impacts on migratory birds, pollinators, and nocturnal wildlife, he says.

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Melissa del Bosque
May 07, 2024
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The map provided by CBP of installed and planned lighting for El Paso county in Texas

Since 2019, Customs and Border Protection has been installing stadium lighting along the federally constructed border wall. More than 1,800 lights were installed in Arizona during the Trump administration, and in March, CBP announced plans to install 25 miles of new sta…

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