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ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on June 21, 2007, the completion of her "Green the Capitol" plan, detailing ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption in the House by half over the next 10 years.

Against the ongoing project from its inception, self-righteous House Republicans in the new 112th Congress say they must abbreviate (but really terminate) the initiative, although it has already saved 265 tons of unused paper, recycled 1800 tons of paper each year and retained 375,000 watts of energy from the House computer center, among other proven benefits.

As usual, Republicans stubbornly and inconsistently cite costliness as their illogical rationale. Could they really be that shortsighted?

To "Green the Capitol" was her plan,
Hailed a success since it began
And yet to make the budget lean,
They say they'll have to gut the green;

And while Pelosi's plan's effective,
The savings great of every kind,
House rightists cry that it's defective---
To kill it's what they have in mind.

Make no mistake, there'll be a fight
With those lawmakers on The Right,
For though confirmed by every stat,
The author is a Democrat.