Lights out at Eiffel Tower
From correspondents in Paris
January 31, 2007 05:35am
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THE Eiffel Tower's lights will be turned off for five minutes on Friday as part of a campaign to save energy and draw attention to the plight of the planet.
The agency that manages the Paris landmark said today that it will be joining a campaign to draw attention to "sustainable development and the preservation of the planet" with the five-minute blackout at 5.55am AEDT.
The campaign called Five Minutes of Respite for the Planet is being held as world experts meet in Paris to thrash out a report on global warming.
The Eiffel Tower has recently changed its lighting system to reduce energy consumption by 30 per cent, according to the SETE agency that manages it.
It has also sought to tap into renewable sources of energy.
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