Petition · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Have a one-hour blackout during one day per week to tackle light pollution

Closed 47 signatures

What the petition asks

We urge the Government to introduce a mandatory one-hour blackout of all streetlights, bright lights and electrical billboards so people can experience what zero light pollution is like and to experience what are ancestors experienced many years ago.
We want all the light to be turned off for one hour during one day per week, including streetlights, bright lights outside hotels and buildings etc, electrical billboards that emit light. We want them all turned off for an hour to save electricity and to tackle light pollution for everyone to experience the natural night sky, in a way that many of our ancestors would have seen years ago.

Timeline

15 Aug 2025 Petition opened for signatures
15 Feb 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 47
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Opened 15 Aug 2025
Closed 15 Feb 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 20 Aug 2026.