Gore, enviros celebrate changing of the guard - wtop.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Green is suddenly glamorous again.

After chafing under eight years of President George W. Bush's environmental policies, advocates supporting renewable energy and conservation gathered Monday night at a glitzy ball to celebrate the greening of the White House.
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The event, hosted by former Vice President and Nobel-laureate Al Gore, drew celebrities such as Will.i.am, Blair Underwood and Melissa Etheridge, many of whom made their entrance on a moss green carpet made partly of recycled fiber.
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The Green Inaugural Ball was one of four environmentally-themed events scheduled for inauguration weekend. But it strived to be the greenest.

Fun Fact: Inauguration Days Much Warmer For Republicans | NewsBusters.org

It's going to be unseasonably cold when Barack Obama takes the oath of office Tuesday, which is in keeping with a long-term trend for Democrats.

In fact, it's normally almost 7 1/2 degrees warmer when a Republican is sworn in on a January Inauguration Day than when a Democrat raises his right hand.

Australian Climate Madness: Antarctic scare story from the ABC

Under the doom-laden headline "Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse" the ABC breathlessly attributes the possible loss of the Wilkins Ice Shelf to "climate change caused by heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels." It reports that 25,000 sq km of ice has been lost "in total" - since when, we are not told...