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Gore, enviros celebrate changing of the guard
By DINA CAPPIELLO,Associated Press Writer AP - Wednesday, January 21
WASHINGTON - 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.
President-elect Barack Obama, unlike his predecessor, supports stiff, mandatory reductions in the gases blamed for global warming and he wants to create millions of new "green" jobs.
Environmental groups that have spent years playing defense against the Bush administration see an opportunity to push through their policies under Obama.
"The new president totally gets it on these issues," said Gene Karpinksi, president of the League of Conservation Voters. "This is by far the best reason to celebrate that the environmental movement has had."
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.
"We need to change the way we use energy, the way we treat the Earth," Gore said.
Also in attendance were Obama's choices to head the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
"I think America voted for a big green step by voting for Obama," said John Legend, who was one of the scheduled performers.
The Green Inaugural Ball was one of four environmentally-themed events scheduled for inauguration weekend. But it strived to be the greenest.
The food was local or organic and cooked in a kitchen nearby to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. The scraps will be composted. And the ball's contribution to global warming _ known as a carbon footprint _ will be canceled out by investment in renewable energy projects.
About 2,000 people attended the ball at Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in downtown Washington.
(This version CORRECTS Karpinski's name and title.)
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