Lights out across Europe to raise environmental awareness
AFP, February, 2007
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PARIS (AFP) — The lights went out at major tourist attractions across western Europe for five minutes, including the Eiffel Tower and Rome's Colosseum, to raise awareness about climate change.
The normally glittering night-time view of France's most famous attraction was plunged into darkness if only for a few minutes as part of a campaign dubbed "five minutes' break for the planet."
The event, which saw millions of homes across the continent turn off the lights, was organised by environmental groups to raise awareness of rampant fossil fuel consumption which contributes to global warming.
It came as the UN's top scientific panel for global warming met in Paris to hammer out a consensus report on climate change.
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