Lights are going out under new ‘darkness’ energy-saving measures

THE SUN • March 29, 2026

Maine is enacting legislation aimed at combatting light pollution. Advocates have argued that even darkness deserves conservation. “Darkness is a natural resource just like land, just like water and it is absolutely deserving of conservation,” Francesca Gundrum, Maine Audubon’s director of advocacy said. “And the only way you conserve it is if you take steps to regulate, in particular, outdoor light pollution.”