Eiffel Tower goes dark in symbolic move for Earth Hour

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower has gone dark briefly, with lights going out to mark Earth Hour, the campaign to raise awareness about climate change.

The five-minute dark-out on Saturday night was a symbolic gesture in the City of Light.

France has been preparing for months to host an international climate conference in Paris at the end of the year, pressing nations to set attainable goals for reducing greenhouse gases and mobilizing international finances to fight climate change.

Earth Hour was launched in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund to encourage awareness of environmental issues. The idea is to turn off lights for an hour — not possible for safety reasons for the Eiffel Tower.



COMBINATION PHOTO - In this two photo combination picture, the Eiffel Tower with its usual lighting at left, and after the lighting was switched off at right, at the occasion of the Earth Hour, in Paris, France, Saturday March 28, 2015. This Saturday, 28 March 8:30 p.m. local time, individuals, businesses, cities and landmarks around the world are switching off their lights for one hour to focus attention on climate change. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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[appalachiablue]

1. Wonderful gesture in the City of Light that will hopefully call attention to the crisis & the

insanity of the blackout on US corporate media. Vive la Ville Lumiere-

[Fred Sanders]

2. Well said. There is a media news blackout in America of anything other than war and blood.

[SoapBox]

4. Uhhhhh....I didn't even know about it.

[LiberalElite]

7. I wouldn't call it a blackout -

there was some coverage, including local ABC NYC TV news, USA Today and Time.com

https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dEzJy5Sa1F4xQbMqX5FBQ8R-wkY4M&q=Earth+Hour+2015&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kIIXVc6ZFomKNsP0gdAC&ved=0CCkQqgIwAA

[PatrynXX]

3. been a bad week totally missed it :(

not sure what we'll do now.

[jwirr]

5. I joined them but my millennial grandson refused to turn his light off because he does not

believe in climate change. Some day he is going to remember what grandma said.

[Moonwalk]

6. This from a city that has some of the worst smog in the world...

Ah, irony. How French!

See here for more: http://finance.latimes.com/news/yahoo/smog-choked-paris-forces-half-of-cars-off-roads/smog-choked-paris-forces-half-of-cars-off-roads-13941141.htm

[Pooka Fey]

8. Smog in Paris blows in from German industries AND they are limiting driving to correct air quality

Not seeing any irony, French or otherwise.

[Surya Gayatri]

9. Paris was founded in a location that's especially prone to smog production...

It's sits a geographical 'cuve', similar to LA's infamous 'smog bowl'.

1000 years ago, the Gallic founding fathers neglected to plan for the advent of a megalopolis and the internal combustion engine.

At least Parisian authorities do their best to deal with the situation, which is more that we can say for the Beijing PTB.