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Last year New York City stayed plugged in while many major cities around the globe powered down for Earth Hour. Instead, Rufus Wainwright tried to recreate the blackout with a 12-hour "Blackout Sabbath" on March 19th—if you don't remember it, then it probably didn't go as planned.
This year, things are gonna change as New York City landmarks, including Times Square billboards, the Chrysler and Empire State buildings and the lights on the East River bridges will go dark for an hour. The fun begins tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m., and the effort is spearheaded by local Edward Norton—the official ambassador for Earth Hour for the WWF.
The organization says the lightless hour is "to make a statement on the need for effective action on climate change." Outside of our city limits, "hundreds of millions of people from more than 2000 towns and cities in 84 countries are currently expected to take part in the event." Will you be heading to Times Square to bask in the darkness?
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Earth Hour, otherwise known as "Gropefest 2009."
Wow this is gay
Hey that's MY leg.
This is such bulls#@t!!
"the Chrysler and Empire State buildings and the lights on the East River bridges will go dark for an hour."
Aren't they supposed to remain lighted in case of low flying planes?
Klaatu barada nikto.
Quit that, Ash!
And what good will turning off lights in Times Square do to promote climate change?
I'd like Ed Norton to tell us exactly what he and his collaborators want us to do to stop doing to prevent the icebergs from melting.
Take mass transit?: Check, I do that, though the MTA is hellbent on making it harder.
Turn off the lights when I leave the room? Check.
Eat my vegetables, so the meat industry will go bankrupt, and animal emissions will no longer pollute the air? Check.
Turn off my air conditioner? I have a shady apartment -- I hardly turn it on at all. Check.
Other than that, Ed, what?
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You are supposed to lower your lifestyle enough to afford to sacrifice a significant amount of your earned income to a bureaucracy that is supposedly going to control the globe's climate.