The prospect of increased spending for solar, wind, and other "green" projects under Obama creates a new power center—and a reason to party
Sure, celebrities such as Samuel Jackson, Bono, and Alice Walker were set to appear at the Green Inaugural Ball, held on the eve of President Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. But the real draw for this celebration of all things bright-green and renewable was Al Gore.
There was Gore, striding in with his wife, Tipper, on the green carpet at the Smithsonian's Center of American Art & Portraiture, getting a big hug from green-hatted musician Michael Franti, who said he'd walked a few blocks to the event in bare feet. There he was on the VIP floor of the adjacent and recently renovated National Portrait Gallery, holding court under the busts of Abraham Lincoln and Roman emperors, beads of sweat glistening on his beaming face as fans swarmed around, drawn like photons to a solar panel, waiting to have their pictures taken with him and Tipper.
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