Photo by cycletheghostround.It’s 8:30 this evening. Lights suddenly dim all around you, in some cases going out all together. No, it’s not an Alex Proyas tale come to life. It’s Earth Hour, when environmental activists encourage everyone to turn off the power for an hour to show their disdain for climate change. Unsurprisingly, Washington, D.C. was a flagship city for last year’s event, and once again the Wilson Building, the Reeves Center and One Judiciary…

Photo by maxedaperture. It was a dark and stormy night. Eco-activists, gathering for a globally coordinated assembly, organized near the world’s most potent symbols of nationhood and culture. The Eiffel Tower. The Sydney Opera House. The Pyramids of Egypt. The Las Vegas Strip. And the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. To draw attention to their radical cause, global climate change–minded radicals from some 4,000 cells across the planet effected a worldwide power outtage—plunging the…