Energy Rationing Hits Eiffel Tower as Paris Landmark Goes Dark to Save Power

Energy Rationing Hits Eiffel Tower as Paris Landmark Goes Dark to Save Power
The Eiffel Tower is seen illuminated just before midnight in Paris, on April 21, 2019. ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP/Getty Images
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Visitors to Paris this fall will be disappointed because the Eiffel Tower will go dark early to save power, amid the worst energy crisis to hit the continent in almost half a century.

The tower is one out of the city’s many monuments and government buildings that will be plunged into darkness in the French capital earlier in the evening.

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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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