PETA

Ah, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the gift that just keeps on giving headline fodder to eager editors. Which is probably just what PETA intended. We learned last week that PETA proposed to Boston's chief of environmental and energy services, Jim Hunt, that it run ads promoting the green benefits of eating a vegan diet on the electric-car charging stations the city plans to install. Boston will install three chargers near its City Hall complex by March next year, to accommodate drivers of the 2011 Nissan Leaf, 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and other electric vehicles that will hit the...