Lights out in Europe as a demonstration of concern over climate change
Filed under: Green Culture, Legislation and Policy
- The Colosseum in Rome
- The Capitol building in Rome
- Madrid's city hall
- The Puerta de Alcala arch
- The Giralda Tower in Seville, Spain
- The Greek parliament, city hall, and Foreign Ministry
- Brussels town hall
- The Eiffel Tower, and...
- Paris' Hilton (no, not the heiress... the hotel)
What do all of these building have in common, besides all being in Europe? They all joined in the "five minutes' break for the planet" event. Many homes across Europe also joined in. The event was to take place for five minutes today, between 18:55 and 1900 GMT.
The action was set to coincide with the release of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change after a four-day debate. The report was covered here today.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-03-2007 @ 1:23AM
Murc said...
well, thats officially the stipidist thing I read all week.
the global warming and cooling cycle has being going on for hundreds of millions of year....its not cuased by us...were mere ants on this giant rock.
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2-03-2007 @ 7:35AM
Zelidar said...
Billions of Ants burning trillions of tons of fossil fuels over a mere 200 years does make a difference.
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2-03-2007 @ 10:56AM
Tim said...
Regardless of whether Global Warming is Science or Science Fiction, the world economy is being held hostage by a bunch of lunatic religious fanatics who believe they would each be given 72 virgins in the afterlife for dying while trying to kill anyone who doesn’t believe as they do. Unfortunately, not everyone believes that Allah (God) is love!!!
Every nation NEEDS energy independence & security NOW!
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2-04-2007 @ 1:57AM
brian said...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/sc_nm/globalwarming_wrap_dc_8
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2-12-2007 @ 1:37PM
MikeW said...
Anyone understand the plot of StarTrek 7.
What if the 'tri-lithium' worked to increase the fusion reaction in stars?
Say a 100% increase in output, what would happen to the planets in the solar system?
What if they didn't use enough (and worked as advertised as a nuclear inhibitior) and the output only dropped 50%, it would get cold pretty quickly.
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