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Why Trump is right about daylight saving

As Australians turned their clocks backwards on Sunday, some US states have “locked the clock” to stay on summer time year round. But scientists (and Donald Trump) say daylight saving is unhealthy.

January

Sunrise over Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain in the Horizon. It’s light very early at some times of the year.

Why this country thinks it will have to bring back daylight saving

Authorities in Brazil nearly brought back daylight saving late last year to conserve energy amid a historic drought that had threatened hydroelectric power generation.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/topic/daylight-saving-1n89