The Wall Street JournalParis cuts the lights to save energy. Will It help?
“The City of Light is going dark.” The WSJ reports on how the French president’s call for “energy sobriety” means shutting off the lights early even at the Eiffel Tower. But will it make a difference?
Curated by informedPARIS—The City of Light is going dark.
Luxury shops across the city are turning off their nighttime lights, plunging the Avenue de Montaigne and other areas renowned for evening window shopping into relative darkness. Tourists are showing up to monuments for late-night photos, only to find somber silhouettes. Even the Eiffel Tower, symbol of France’s rise as an industrialized nation, is hitting the off switch early.
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