Eighty-eight countries and nearly 4,000 cities and towns joined in Earth Hour Saturday night, turning off lights in homes, businesses and public spaces to highlight the threat of climate change and its link to energy usage.
Earth Hour began in Australia two years ago and went global for the first time last year. According to organizers, enthusiasm for the event grew this year.
In Chicago, one of 10 U.S. Earth Hour flagship cities, more than 200 buildings pledged to turn off the lights, and people gathered in New York City’s Times Square, where many of its massive billboards shut down from 8:30-9:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Other participating cities inthe World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event included Washington D.C., San Francisco, Mexico City and Bangkok.
In Bonn, Germany, activists held a candlelit cocktail party on the eve of U.N. climate change negotiations, which began Sunday.
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