Better to Feel Good Than to Do Good: Nancy Pelosi's Compost Edition

This was posted at Division of Labor by E. Frank Stephenson.

"It turns out that the [U.S. House] composting program [started under Speaker Pelosi] not only cost the House an estimated $475,000 a year (according to the House inspector general) but actually increased energy consumption in the form of "additional energy for the pulping process and the increased hauling distance to the composting facility," according to a news release from [California Rep.] Lungren."

Here is their source. Stick a fork in it, we're done: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Green the Capitol initiative is over at the House's Longworth cafeteria. From the LA Times