Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.
Last year, when the city of Phoenix still had money, Earth Hour was all fun and games. Then came the recession, which forced the city to start making nine-digit budget cuts and laying off hundreds of people.
New Times has confirmed that, this year, Phoenix won't be spending thousands in public funds to shut off the lights of city buildings for an hour.
Earth Hour 2009 takes place on March 28.
As we reported last March, the city spent $3,000 in 2008 to help ma
The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is providing cover for massive oil drilling that threatens to wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.
