Now we know for sure that Mayor Adrian Fenty‘s administration is green. And we’re not talking about campaign colors or inexperience. Fenty is apparently going to great lengths to conserve paper.

A March 16 response to a March 13 letter from all councilmembers regarding global warming was on some letterhead that had been sitting around in the storage room for a while. At the top of the one-page missive signed by Fenty, just below the city seal, it carried this familiar moniker:

Asked whether the vintage stationery was indeed further evidence of her boss’ green credentials, Fenty spokesperson Carrie Brooks replied in an e-mail, “That’s exactly right. We are continuing efforts to be an environmentally friendly administration.”