Millions of households have joined the call, the largest mobilization of citizens against Climate Change.
• February 2, 2007 - Paris - CA •
The Alliance for the Planet (a group of environmental associations) has achieved the impossible, after an impromptu appeal launched a week ago that "the citizens of all countries, given 5 minutes of respite for the planet by turning off their lights on 1 February between 19:55 and 20:00 hours. It is the attention of citizens, media and deciding on energy waste, ie utilities and government.
Why February 1? Because the next day should come out in Paris, the new report of the expert group of UN climate (IPCC). We must not let the occasion pass to force the project on the urgency of the global climate.
Some European iconic landmarks such as the Parisian Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum in Rome and Madrid's Puerta de Alcala, today went off five minutes (between 18.55 GMT and 19.00 GMT) in response to the call for environmental associations to protest against climate change.
Electricity consumption in Spain fell by 2.5%, half the expected. Power system operators were on alert as a massive blackout can generate a voltage drop and produce a major power outage.
In Portugal, the leading environmental organization Portuguese Quercus, decided to not support the blackout because it believes that the energy sector is primarily responsible for climate change, but the transport.
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