Oregonian: Paul Allen's Northwest sports teams lead way in new Green Sports Alliance

From Rachel Bachman, an interesting writeup about the intersection of sports, business, and the environment:
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"The Portland-based Green Sports Alliance, launched Monday and backed by the leaders of the nation's largest sports leagues, aims to make leagues, teams and facilities more earth-friendly.

Representatives from teams owned by Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, who also owns the Seahawks and co-owns the Seattle Sounders Major League Soccer team, initiated the concept of an inter-league alliance to reduce sports franchises' impact on the environment. The organization's other founding members are the Seattle Mariners, the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and the WNBA's Seattle Storm."
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The GSA will be based in Portland, and will work with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the National Resources Defense Council, Portland State University, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation.

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The NRDC press release: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2011/110321.asp

Wiggada Wiggada Zers!

by Corvid on Mar 21, 2011 6:04 PM PDT reply actions

good on him

nice to see an owner getting involved in more than just the game. though maybe he just has more time than he’s used to since the seahawks are on strike

by bluthbanana on Mar 21, 2011 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

I like this

but I would rather see successful climate-change regulation by the national government

by CaptainSexyJacob on Mar 22, 2011 9:47 PM PDT reply actions

Good luck!

Climate Scare legislation is dead and buried at the federal level. They couldn’t even get it through Congress with a super-majority and when Obama instructed the EPA to enact it anyway, the current Congress killed it by de-funding it. That scam has run its course. The game is over.

by dbomb on Mar 23, 2011 12:12 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Whoa, scam?

Maybe this blog is not the place to talk politics.
But Congress has not defunded the EPA, they merely proposed to defund it back in February.

Climate change is not a scam — if you’re referring to the climategate incident, independent analysts found that the results from those scientists were legitimate. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/gate-fever-breaks/
There is no conspiracy! Why would anyone make up climate change?

The rest of the world acknowledges the impacts of climate change and the rest of the world is trying to do something about it.
It bothers me when people ignore (read: are ignorant of) science and proven facts. All scientists agree that climate change is happening and over 95% of them acknowledge it is due to human impacts.

The only people who still discount human impact on climate change are Republican Congressmen, the Koch Brothers (big oil and big coal), and the uninformed masses.

by CaptainSexyJacob on Mar 23, 2011 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions

This isn't the place to carry on a continuing conversation about this, so I'll limit this to my last comment.

It bothers me when people ignore (read: are ignorant of) science and proven facts. All scientists agree that climate change is happening

If you’re going to accuse someone of ignorance, perhaps you should spend a few moments outside of your bubble doing a little of your own research. It took me 15 seconds to find the following information regarding science and scientists that don’t agree with the UN/IPCC consensus on anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW). You certainly have the right to ultimately agree or disagree with it, but to claim that it doesn’t exist is, well… you know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_the_mainstream_scientific_assessment_of_global_warming

http://climaterealists.com/index.php

http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/21978/500_Scientists_Whose_Research_Contradicts_ManMade_Global_Warming_Scares.html

http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/03/climate-change-hoax-opinions-contributors-larry-bell.html

by dbomb on Mar 23, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

It is possible to move a mountain by carrying away small stones.

Chinese proverb.

Understand where you come from Captain, but the way to “Make it better” is small wins. Base hits win ballgames, just like tip rebounds and bump and run coverage. Not just good, but great to see that huge arenas packed with thousands of people might spread the message that little things mean a lot.

by The Snapper on Mar 22, 2011 10:05 PM PDT reply actions