Moscow tells residents to change their lightbulbs
Environmental News NetworkPosted: February 28th, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp
“Russia has launched its first major energy awareness campaign since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, bringing an unfamiliar sight to Moscow’s streets: billboards urging people to switch to energy-saving light bulbs. But Muscovites are not being encouraged to go green to save the planet. Moscow’s government has realised that the country’s wasteful ways with energy could mean that before long there will not be enough fuel to go around. ‘It’s all about conserving energy supplies and nothing to do with the environment,’ Igor Bashmakov, head of the independent Center for Energy Efficiency, said of the campaign, launched at the start of the year.” (02/28/07)
