At night, billboards spew light pollution, despoiling the view of the stars.

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In domestic news, air pollution readings rose in Beijing last night despite fewer fireworks celebrations and improved weather conditions earlier in the week, The Beijing News reports.

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We humans are subject to hyperbolic discounting, not taking full account of long distant future costs for current pleasures, sometimes those running the public health system really do know more than us, there are externalities associated with these behaviours (late night drunks, passive smoking and the visual pollution of someone 300 lbs overweight perhaps).

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Recently designated a Dark Sky Reserve for its lack of light pollution and the exceptional quality of its night sky, Iveragh is one of only seven such reserves in the world and the first in the northern hemisphere to get gold-tier status, the highest possible grading issued by the International Dark-Sky Association.

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As a result, the city attracts thousands of "stag night" tourists each year, who are often responsible for noise pollution, garbage and vomit-covered streets.

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But the pollution has not stopped locals from flocking to Beirut's seaside esplanade every night.

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