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Environment Secretary Michael Gove keeps lights on in London during Earth Hour — as world goes dark
LANDMARKS around the world were plunged into darkness for Earth Hour but all the lights stayed on at Michael Gove’s house.
WWF’s largest climate change campaign sees millions of Brits taking part in a deliberate hour-long blackout every year.
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But the Environment Secretary was apparently not one of them as lights were seen blazing on all three floors of his London pad.
In London, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace all joined the global switch off led by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
This year it took place between 8.30pm and 9.30pm on Saturday.
International landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and the Empire State Building in New York also took part in the blackout.
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The idea is to save energy during that hour, while also encouraging people to be more wary about how much electricity they use.
The event started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007.
Since then the movement, led by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has grown to include more than 7,000 towns and cities worldwide.
For obvious reasons, streets lights, traffic lights and other safety-related signs will remain illuminated.
Earlier this year Gove proudly showed off his new re-usable coffee cup outside Number 10 after being accused of hypocrisy for drinking from a disposable one.
The Environment Secretary has launched a recycling campaign to tackle Britain’s plastic waste problem after being moved by the BBC show Blue Plant.
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