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Streetlights such as this one on Agua Fria have been installed around town for a test run to show what impact new LED lights might, or might not, have on Santa Fe’s ‘dark skies.’ (Mark Oswald/For Journal North)
The Journal North has long been a supporter of measures to promote “dark skies” by muting and shielding lights to help provide better views of northern New Mexico’s spectacular night skies.
As soon as plans to switch out all of the city’s existing street lights with new, much more energy-efficient LED lights appeared on a City Council committee agenda, we called on city leaders to follow the lead of other cities and make sure that the LEDs installed here are the right kind that don’t spread glaring blue light and instead focus the light downward with “warmer” tones that reduce light pollution.