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Lake Worth Supports Earth Hour 2009

The City of Lake Worth City Commission, at a special meeting on March 24, 2009, endorsed their official support for Earth Hour 2009, a global climate event led by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). More than 240 cities around the world have committed to go dark for one hour on March 28, 2009, at 8:30 p.m. -- local time, as tens of millions of people from all corners of the world unite in a call for global action on climate change. During Earth Hour 2008, more than 50 million people in over 1,000 cities on all seven continents turned off their lights as major icons also went dark, including the Sydney Opera House, the Coliseum in Rome, Stockholm's Royal Castle, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridgein San Francisco. Google turned its homepage black for an entire day in tribute.

"World Wildlife Fund is pleased that the City of Lake Worth is taking part in Earth Hour 2009. As lights go out in cities around the U.S. and the world on March 28th, Earth Hour will provide world leaders with an unmistakable mandate to take action," said WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts. "The climate crisis threatens the ability of our planet to support its inhabitants. We want the world to know that Americans care about saving the planet and stand united in seeking to find solutions to climate change."

More on Earth Hour 2009

· The date was set in March because it is close to the Spring Equinox, a period when the most number of countries around the world will experience darkness in the 8 o'clock hour.

· By working together, each one of us can make a difference on the issue of climate change. By doing something as simple as turning off the lights, we send a visual symbol to the world's leaders that we are counting on them to work together to find solutions to climate change.

· Earth Hour is a non-partisan event. When it comes to caring about the future of our planet, we all have a stake as citizens of the world regardless of other political beliefs and affiliations.

· Earth Hour turns off non-essential lighting only. Lights necessary for public safety will not go out. Earth Hour has been conducted safely and without incident in more than 100 cities around the world.

· World Wildlife Fund is the organization behind Earth Hour, but many other groups and NGOs are supporting Earth Hour in 2009.

The Lake Worth City Commission urges local businesses and the community to join in this year's initiative.

For more information, visit www.EarthHourUS.org