Carbon neutral in 18 months? That's the plan according to the Green the Capitol initiative.

Last year, the House of Representatives alone was responsible for 91,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. If they follow through with all the plans, they could cut their emissions by two-thirds, and would offset all the rest. They're putting a nice chuck [sic] of change behind the greening efforts -- $95,000 for the carbon offsets, $520,000 for renewable energy, and $2.75 million to update the power plant -- but I guess those figures pale in comparison to things like, say ... the defense budget.

True, a budget of those proportions may not seem like a lot compared to what's spent on defense, but it's nice to see the government lead by example. And the military is getting it's green on too, in its own way.