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30.03.2009 WWF Earth Hour Results

Lights went out at landmark buildings and homes across the world at 8.30pm on Saturday, 28th March as part of a global initiative to highlight the threat of climate change.
Time zone by time zone, some 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries and regions joined the global event initiated by the World Wildlife Fund to dim nonessential lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.
The one-hour lights off campaign officially began on the Chatham Islands, a small chain some 800km east of New Zealand and worked its way around the globe. In Sydney, famous harbour landmarks of The Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge were plunged into darkness on Saturday night, with tens of thousands of residents and businesses also turning their lights off for the global event. Here in London, the lights went off at the Houses of Parliament and the electronic billboard at Piccadilly Circus.
Earth Hour first started in Sydney in 2007 with just 2.2million Sydney siders taking part. Have a look here at the many famous landmarks that involved themselves this year.