Earth Hour 2009
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If you believe human caused CO2 increases in our atmosphere are causing a global warming effect on our planet Earth, then please turn off all your energy use for one hour tonight, because I guess this will make a big difference. 
If you believe this is a normal cycle our planet Earth goes through over the centuries - and it seems to be a cooling cycle the last 10 years - then I suggest you turn on all of your lights tonight for this one hour to let your neighbors know what you think of these unsubstantiated media reports.
Your decision. Enjoy either way.
Lights will be on at our place!
Dave
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/earth-hour.html
Earth Hour 2009: You had better be reading this in the dark!
Mar 28, 2009, 02:00 PM | by Tim Stack
Categories: Current Affairs
Happy Earth Hour 2009! You know what's funny? I had no idea there was an Earth Hour 2009. Sorry. Guess I'm not very eco-conscious. Don't judge me -- I do buy recycled paper towels and toilet paper! That has to count for something. But it made me feel a tad better when I checked the official website and discovered that Earth Hour only began in 2007. To summarize, in case you're Earth Hour ignorant like me, it's an initiative to get everyone in the world to shut off their lights from 8:30-9:30 p.m. today in a stance against global warming. Here's hoping you don't have anything important to do during that chunk of time, like reading or performing surgery. The organizers are hoping that 1 billion people participate this year, which seems astonishing. Apparently, the lights at the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza will even be switching off for the big event. Which begs the question: "Why do the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza have lights?"
In any case, I plan to participate. Of course, it helps that I will be out of my apartment during the hour of 8:30-9:30 p.m. tonight. Now that I think about it, I do waste a lot of electricity with my lights. In fact, Thursday night I completely passed out on my couch with both living room lamps on, which makes me sound like a narcoleptic or something.
Are you going to participate in Earth Hour, PopWatchers? Do you think it will make a difference?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/29/content_11092244.htm
Los Angeles to join other cities in marking Earth Hour
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-29 02:34:21
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LOS ANGELES, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles, the U.S. second largest metropolis, will join other cities across the world in turning out lights for one hour on Saturday evening, authorities announced.
Landmarks across Los Angeles as well as Southern California will be dark for one hour tonight as part of the third annual worldwide Earth Hour, which is aimed at drawing attention to energy conservation, the City Council said.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will hit the switch to turn off the lights in the L.A. Live Plaza, Nokia Theatre and Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The symbolic move is similar to actions being taken around the world to turn off nonessential lights between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Other buildings that will go dark include Los Angeles City Hall, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel, Capitol Records building, The Getty Museum, Griffith Observatory and Vincent Thomas Bridge. In Los Angeles, 75 restaurants will serve diners by candlelight.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles International Airport's Gateway Pylons will be lit green from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., before being turned off for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour, led by the World Wildlife Fund, began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, but spread to cities around the world last year when an estimated 50 million people turned off their lights.
Among the world's landmarks that went dark in previous Earth Hour were the Sydney Opera House, the Colosseum in Rome, the Empire State Building in New York and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
About 3,000 cities and townships in more than 80 countries and regions are expected to take part in this year's Earth Hour.
If you believe this is a normal cycle our planet Earth goes through over the centuries - and it seems to be a cooling cycle the last 10 years - then I suggest you turn on all of your lights tonight for this one hour to let your neighbors know what you think of these unsubstantiated media reports.
Your decision. Enjoy either way.
Lights will be on at our place!
Dave
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/earth-hour.html
Earth Hour 2009: You had better be reading this in the dark!
Mar 28, 2009, 02:00 PM | by Tim Stack
Categories: Current Affairs
Happy Earth Hour 2009! You know what's funny? I had no idea there was an Earth Hour 2009. Sorry. Guess I'm not very eco-conscious. Don't judge me -- I do buy recycled paper towels and toilet paper! That has to count for something. But it made me feel a tad better when I checked the official website and discovered that Earth Hour only began in 2007. To summarize, in case you're Earth Hour ignorant like me, it's an initiative to get everyone in the world to shut off their lights from 8:30-9:30 p.m. today in a stance against global warming. Here's hoping you don't have anything important to do during that chunk of time, like reading or performing surgery. The organizers are hoping that 1 billion people participate this year, which seems astonishing. Apparently, the lights at the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza will even be switching off for the big event. Which begs the question: "Why do the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza have lights?"
In any case, I plan to participate. Of course, it helps that I will be out of my apartment during the hour of 8:30-9:30 p.m. tonight. Now that I think about it, I do waste a lot of electricity with my lights. In fact, Thursday night I completely passed out on my couch with both living room lamps on, which makes me sound like a narcoleptic or something.
Are you going to participate in Earth Hour, PopWatchers? Do you think it will make a difference?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/29/content_11092244.htm
Los Angeles to join other cities in marking Earth Hour
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-29 02:34:21
LOS ANGELES, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles, the U.S. second largest metropolis, will join other cities across the world in turning out lights for one hour on Saturday evening, authorities announced.
Landmarks across Los Angeles as well as Southern California will be dark for one hour tonight as part of the third annual worldwide Earth Hour, which is aimed at drawing attention to energy conservation, the City Council said.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will hit the switch to turn off the lights in the L.A. Live Plaza, Nokia Theatre and Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The symbolic move is similar to actions being taken around the world to turn off nonessential lights between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Other buildings that will go dark include Los Angeles City Hall, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel, Capitol Records building, The Getty Museum, Griffith Observatory and Vincent Thomas Bridge. In Los Angeles, 75 restaurants will serve diners by candlelight.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles International Airport's Gateway Pylons will be lit green from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., before being turned off for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour, led by the World Wildlife Fund, began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, but spread to cities around the world last year when an estimated 50 million people turned off their lights.
Among the world's landmarks that went dark in previous Earth Hour were the Sydney Opera House, the Colosseum in Rome, the Empire State Building in New York and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
About 3,000 cities and townships in more than 80 countries and regions are expected to take part in this year's Earth Hour.
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