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Along with Toronto and Ottawa, Montreal will participate in Earth Hour on March 29th, when lights will be turned off for an hour between 8 and 9 p.m. local times to draw attention to climate change. A growing list of international cities including Toronto, Sydney, Manila, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv have already signed on.
“A surge of interest in Earth Hour – with Canadians among the world leaders – has left organizers scrambling to add a new computer server to cope with a crashing system swamped by people revving up for Saturday night’s event.”
During Earth Hour last Saturday, the Greater Toronto Area saved approximately 434 megawatts of energy according to hydro utilities. This equates to the electricity enough to power about 434,450 homes.
Using the context of the recent success of Earth Hour, the energy awareness campaign of March 29, the article discusses the numerous factors involved with reducing GHG emissions through decreasing energy usage.