Bit of a sidebar - French environmental group L'Alliance pour le planète is asking people worldwide to shut off all electric appliances for five minutes tomorrow (February 1st) as a symbol of support for action on climate change. The date was chosen because the IPCC's 4th assessment report will be coming out on Friday, February 2nd. Apparently the Eiffel tower will be shut off as well.
The initiative is being widely taken up here in Quebec. Lights out will be at 18h55 Paris time, 13h55 EST.
Link to l'alliance
Link to Greenpeace.ca coverage
Link to news coverage
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