Newly elected State Rep. Tim Briggs(D-149) sponsored House Resolution 154 honoring Earth Hour. This climate change advocacy campaign, initiated by the World Wildlife Fund, encouraged individuals and governments to turn out or dim their lights for one hour (8:30 to 9:30) on the evening of Saturday, March 28th. The dome lights on the Pennsylvania state capitol were turned off for that hour ("Capitol dome lights to go dark for Earth Hour," Times Leader Local News 3/27.
Over 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries participated in the event, according to Earth Hour.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Briggs Sponsors Earth Hour Resolution
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment