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Residents Struggle With Glare As Light Pollution Spreads To Tseung Kwan O

Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP - Updated on Mar 16, 2009
Light pollution has spread to the outskirts of the city, with hundreds [...]

Return Of Diesel Passenger Cars

Dealer sees big problem
Anita Lam and Cheung Chi-fai - SCMP - Updated on Feb 23, 2009
Environmentalists and academics cautiously welcomed [...]

Dim-it! Friends Want A Clear View Of The Stars

Friends of the Earth wants lights to be switched off on June 21 for stargazers to have a clear view [...]

Dim It Event Plans Longer City Blackout

Tiffany Lam - SCMP - Updated on Feb 16, 2009
Those who scoff at the idea of spotting constellations from light-washed [...]

Call For TVs To Carry Energy Labels

Green group pushes for flat-screen televisions to show power use by law
Cheung Chi-fai - Updated on Jan 31, 2009 - [...]

A Little Knowledge Goes A Long Way In Saving Energy

Updated on Jan 31, 2009 - SCMP
Television has long been regarded as something that no home can do without. Yet [...]

Greens Cite Cancer Risk in Call to Dim Lights

Peter So and Tiffany Lam, SCMP - Updated on Dec 08, 2008
More than 1,300 street lights on residential buildings are [...]

Brand-name Shops Accused Of Light Pollution

SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008
A green group has accused five brand-name shops of excessive use of lighting on [...]

Hong Kong Night Light Pollution Under The Spotlight

James Pomfret - Reuters | Wed Oct 22, 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong may be known as the Pearl [...]

Green Group To Call For Prada Boycott Over Bright Signboards

From Monsters and Critics.com By DPA - Oct 20, 2008
Hong Kong - A green group will call for a consumer [...]