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Earth Hour 2008Category: Politics By all accounts, Earth Hour 2008 was a big success. Toronto met its target for power usage reduction, as did a lot of other cities. Along with the downtown skyscrapers, the CN Tower went dark, even though it already uses highly efficient LED lights for its exterior lighting. And in Ottawa, a number of buildings, including the Peace Tower and Stornaway, took part. But one building in Ottawa was conspicuous by its undimmed lights - 24 Sussex Drive, the home of Canada's prime minister. Earth Hour was intended to raise awareness for the issue of climate change, which is expected to drastically affect all of us over the coming decades. We need to take action now in order to mitigate and reverse the effects of the greenhouse gases we're spewing into the atmosphere. Politicians of all stripes must show leadership in navigating us through the foreseen troubling times. And so, for the prime minister of our country to ignore Earth Hour in such an obvious and callous manner is unforgivable. The opposition leaders all understand the issues. Why should Steve Harper be the one to bury his head in the sand over the issue? Omnifariously yours, Hans path: /Politics | permanent link to this entry  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
