Earth Hour 2022

2022 - 3 - 26

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Phuket News: Phuket marks Earth Hour 2022 (The Phuket News)

PHUKET: Yesterday (Mar 26), Phuket residents joined environmentally conscious people around the globe for the Earth Hour by switching off non-essential ...

Earth Hour was instrumental for the creation of Argentina’s largest marine protected area and the first-ever Earth Hour forest in Uganda. Following successful Earth Hour campaigns, plastic bags were banned on the Galapagos Islands and 5 mn sq km French Polynesia’s exclusive economic zone were classified as a managed marine area. Literally millions take part in the event every year to draw attention to environmental issues – and officials cannot ignore the numbers of those asking for actions to be taken. As a result of Earth Hour’s efforts, in 2012 Russia passed a law to better protect seas from oil pollution.

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Lights Off at Sands China's Integrated Resorts for Earth Hour 2022 (PRNewswire)

PRNewswire/ -- Sands China Ltd. observed Earth Hour 2022 at its properties Saturday, turning off exterior lights and non-essential indoor lights for one ...

Sands China is a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS). MACAO, March 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sands China Ltd. observed Earth Hour 2022 at its properties Saturday, turning off exterior lights and non-essential indoor lights for one hour in support of the annual global event. The Company's portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure and business attractions and transportation operations, including large meeting and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping malls; world-class entertainment at the Cotai Arena, The Venetian Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, the Londoner Theatre and the Sands Theatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and Macao. The Company's Cotai Strip portfolio has the goal of contributing to Macao's transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure. Besides participating in Earth Hour, Sands China has been taking the initiative since 2013 to observe Earth Hour each month. Besides the very real effects of reducing energy consumption, Earth Hour, along with our properties' monthly observances, are an important reminder that all of us have a significant role to play in living and promoting an eco-friendly lifestyle and operating environmentally responsible businesses." More information about the programme is available at https://www.sands.com/responsibility/planet/#our-program-sands-eco360.

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