Heard On The Hill
Roll Call, 06.07.07
Carbon Copy. In the House, it seems, it's becoming cool to give up the gas. That's greenhouse gas, by the way, not the other kinds of hot air that Congressional offices definitely couldn't live without.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) is the second Member to commit to running a "carbon-neutral" office.
For the science-challenged, that means the office will offset all the carbon it produces through its usual routine of air travel, daily commuting, cooling and heating. Perlmutter personally purchased $830 of Colorado-based energy credits to offset the carbon production, in addition to cutting down on carbon output.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced in February that his office would be stuck in (carbon) neutral. And Perlmutter is throwing the greeny gauntlet down by calling on other Members to make their offices carbon-neutral.
Bet he can hug a tree harder, too