Green, Green, Green in Charlotte

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Washington Examiner:

CHARLOTTE – Democrats balance a smorgasbourd of special interests — labor, abortion, feminism, racial minorities, gay issues, and plenty more — but walking around Charlotte today, the dominant interest represented environmentalism. Sure, the rank and file are all into the working man and contraception subsidies judging by tee-shirts. But the official tents, booths, structures, and authorities had mostly a green tint.

Just outside the convention center is a street fair called CarolinaFest, with all sorts of DNC-related booths. Second probably to Obama-praising booths are the environmentalist and green-energy booths, or setups with a strong green theme.

Duke Energy’s booth featured Semprius solar panels and Plugless Power electric-vehicle charging devices. Clean Air Carolina had a booth, and Habitat for Humanity was building LEED-Platinum homes, with low-flow sinks and less timber in the frames.

Down the road, Google has a big tent with a self-driving Prius in front of it. The front of Google’s tent is a metal structure made from “retired shipping containers.” Even the little details had a slight greenward tilt. A big old water fountain on the sidewalk was billed not as a water fountain, but as a “water refilling station,” because it had two taps by which you could refill your reusable water bottle, which surely you carry, rather than ever buying evil bottled water. Even the trashcans here are solar-powered.

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Reporters scolded by Democratic garbage police

 

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Democratic National Convention takes its mission to be green so seriously that reporters, delegates and others are being scolded for dumping their garbage in the wrong recycle bins.

Throughout Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena are special garbage cans marked "Compost," "Recycle," and "Landfill." Each come with signs showing what is to go into them, though most of the errant garbage tossers seem to be using the "Recycle" bins since they don't have special covers.

At many garbage stations there are "environmental consultants" to help people choose the right bin, or, if need be, reach in and move the garbage to the right one. For example, one of the consultants repeatedly stopped kitchen help at the trash cans to advise which cans to use: cardboard in "Recycle," food in "Compost," styrofoam cups in "Landfill."

One reporter said that a consultant scolded her for not paying attention and using the wrong bins. Another said that one of the consultants -- who were barred from talking to the media -- pulled his plastic cup out of "Recycle" to place in the "Compost" bin, explaining that the cup was biodegradable. "How am I supposed to know that? It's plastic," he said.

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