U.S. Congress to Turn 90% of its Trash into Energy

The policies that Congressmen and women adhere to in their everyday lives occasionally act as a useful reflection of the political trends pulling at the nation in general. Consider earlier this year, when invigorated, Tea Party-backed Republicans did away with the biodegradable utensils and cookware in Congress's cafeteria and replaced them with styrofoam. They didn't need to do that; they did it to signal their discontent with what they considered frivolous green policies. Green fads be damned! They were going to eat the old fashioned way, generating heaps of garbage in the process ...

So consider the implications of this news: Congress is about to embark on a GOP-approved waste to energy operation that will turn its trash into heat.

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