1. Greening the Capitol.
- Author
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Madden, Jennifer Joy
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EMISSION control , *ALTERNATIVE fuels , *RENEWABLE energy sources , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *ENERGY conservation - Abstract
The article outlines the move undertaken by the Congress to become environmental friendly in the U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued an order that the House of Representatives must become carbon neutral by the end of 2008 and cut its carbon footprint in half within the decade. She also lure Dan Beard out of semi-retirement to act as Greening Czar whose previous job was in the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation, the House Appropriations and Natural Resources. Within six months of her directive, Beard and his Green the Capitol crew employ the use of 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper, sparing 30,000 trees a year. House vending machines were swapped for energy-sipping models, bike racks sprouted around the Capitol campus and offices switch to compact fluorescent lamps.
- Published
- 2008