💡The small Massachusetts north shore community of Rockport recently rejected an offer of free LED lighting to replace older infrastructure. Residents there worried that the new, brighter lights would harm fireflies and other wildlife, which depend on dark skies for survival.

🎙️ Host Robin Young talks to Cape Ann Climate Coalition members Lisa Smith and Clay Kern, and Harvard University research fellow Avalon Owens, who studies the impact of light pollution on fireflies at the Owens Lab at Harvard University’s Rowland Institute.

👂 This segment aired on July 30, 2026 – listen to the Here & Now segment at the link below!
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