Pro Sports Issues Energy Decarbonization Guidebook, Claps Back At Project 2025
The influential Green Sports Alliance has issued a guidebook to help sports and entertainment venues to accelerate the transition to renewable energy and electrification.
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Las Vegas Raiders Blow One Giant Raspberry At Renewable Energy Foes
The Las Vegas Raiders are hosting the Super Bowl this year, and they are not shy about tooting the renewable energy horn.
Solar In Sports: Major League Sports Venues Across America Tap Into Renewable Energy
Millions around the country will gather in front of their screens this weekend to witness the biggest football game of the year, but they may not realize that the Kansas City and Philadelphia teams have solar powered stadiums. While this may be a historic Super Bowl with two Black quarterbacks … [continued]
An Increasingly Warmer World Is Changing Sporting Events
The next FIFA World Cup in 2022 will be held in winter, not summer, due to the sweltering climate of the next host country, Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, Qatar sees an average high temperature of 108 degrees F in the summer, and temperatures close to 123 degrees F have been recorded in the capital Doha. For a sport that requires players to run continually for 90 minutes, this poses a huge health hazard. And even without the physical strain of playing soccer at the highest level, extreme heat threatens significant health problems, including dehydration, exhaustion and stroke.
Archived TV Footage Of Tour Of Flanders Reveals Evidence Of A Changing Climate
Decades of footage showed that climate change had altered the trees, shrubs and other plants along the course. It also demonstrated the immense value of video material from annual sporting events, which could provide a rich trove of data about the impact of our changing climate.
Olympians Bring Climate Change Concerns To US Congress
Originally published on Nexus Media. By Owen Agnew Over the last year, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins traveled around the world for competitions, winning third in the team sprint at the 2017 Nordic World Championships in Finland and a gold medal in the same event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in … [continued]
Monday Fun: Electric Motors Used In Extreme Snowboarding (VIDEO)
Originally published on Gas2. By Zachary Coffey What do you get when you combine four electric motors, a 30,000 rpm fan and a bar? Why, a jet-powered human of course. The name Dreamscience Propulsion may not mean anything to us but this company, coming out of the UK, is developing a … [continued]
The Power Of The Sun Changes Lives In Africa (Video)
Solar Powered LED Lights change the way people live, work, and learn in Africa and around the world. Approximately 1.6 billion people in the world today have no access to electricity, something a lot of us take for granted. The folks at Philips are using the power of the sun to … [continued]
3,000 Dairy Cows Chip In To Offset Super Bowl XLVII Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Three thousand dairy cows from Green Meadows Farm in central Michigan will do their part to offset greenhouse gas emissions related to Super Bowl XLVII, with the ambitious goal of making this year’s game the “greenest ever.” The offset, which is available for fans to purchase through the Super Bowl … [continued]
Arsenal FC Hits The Back Of The Net With 2 New Electric Cars
Chalk up another goal in the world of environmental sustainability in sports. Arsenal FC, one of England’s and Europe’s top soccer clubs, recently brought two electric cars to its fleet of vehicles. Citroen, Arsenal’s fleet supplier, said it’s providing two of the company’s C-Zero electric vehicles for Emirates Stadium, the … [continued]
