{"id":1901,"date":"2006-02-22T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-22T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/02\/22\/suppose-this-is-part-of-the-whole-pr-ploy\/"},"modified":"2006-02-22T02:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-22T02:20:00","slug":"suppose-this-is-part-of-the-whole-pr-ploy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/suppose-this-is-part-of-the-whole-pr-ploy\/","title":{"rendered":"Suppose This is Part of the Whole PR Ploy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ken-lab.com\/assets\/images\/Statue_of_Liberty640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ken-lab.com\/assets\/images\/Statue_of_Liberty640.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>And, while Dubya&#8217;s out doing his treehugger schtick, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/news\/news_third.cfm?NewsID=30432&amp;CFID=6245095&amp;CFTOKEN=45589075\">GreenBiz reports<\/a> that the Statue of Liberty will now be run on wind power:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 21, 2006 &#8211; The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has contracted with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepcoenergy.com\/\">Pepco Energy Services<\/a>, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc., to supply renewable power to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, both operated by the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year contract calls for Pepco Energy Services to supply an estimated 27 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated from 100% renewable resources to the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. Windmills will generate the energy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On one level, this is pretty cool. Yet, the timing seems mighty convenient. Especially in light of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.net.org\/policy\/budget\/\">this news<\/a>. 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