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Bigger than last year!Earth Hour 8.30pm-9.30pm Sat 27 March

VIDEO: Sydney Lord Mayor on Earth Hour – Environment – News | Central 24 Mar 10 A RECORD 88 countries and regions took part in Earth Hour last year. This will be surpassed this year with 100 countries and more than one billion people expected to switch off the lights on Saturday (March 27) at 8.30pm.

Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore said that Earth Hour had taken on greater significance in the ‘’post-Copenhagen’’ era where world leaders had failed to agree on significant carbon emissions reductions.The event began in Sydney three years ago as an encouragement to world leaders to act on climate change.

In Japan, Tokyo Tower will go dark and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will turn off its lights. Countries involved for the first time include Madagascar, Kosovo, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Paraguay, Ecuador and the US Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

VIDEO: Sydney Lord Mayor on Earth Hour – Environment – News | Central

March 25, 2010 - Posted by | climate change - global warming, energy, General News | , ,

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