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Sark cash bid for 'Dark Skies' status attempt
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Sark is to be asked to pay £5,000 to help apply for Dark‑Sky Island status.
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An audit identified eight bad lights on Sark.
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The Chief Pleas is to be asked for £5,000 to help Sark apply for "Dark-Sky Island" status.
The classification is given by the International Dark-Sky Association to help promote astronomy and energy efficiency.
A consultant has drawn up a lighting management plan which people would be asked to follow, although it would not be enforceable by law.
An audit of the light on Sark identified only eight "bad" lights.
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