sports
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Obama calls NFL Eagles owner about clean energy (oh yeah, and Michael Vick)
Did Obama call Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie to praise his decision to let Michael Vick return to the team ... or to discuss clean energy?
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Blue-collar desert town goes green
Lancaster, Calif., has embarked on a program to solarize the community -- and that includes the home ballpark of the minor-league Lancaster JayHawks.
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Live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp
Thanks to all who joined us for our live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp today. We covered the hot topic of serving as snow protectors of the winter sports community in the face of a hotter planet and a mountain of others. Read the discussion here.
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Live chats with Protect Our Winters’ Chris Steinkamp and the Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
We'll be chatting live with Chris Steinkamp, executive director of Protect Our Winters. And next Tuesday, the Sierra Club's Michael Brune will chew the chat fat with David Roberts.
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Can professional sports do more than politics to save the planet?
Pro sports teams are greening stadiums, forging corporate partnerships with green themes, and encouraging sustainable practices among fans.
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Giants' win cheers Prop 23 opponents as the polls open
Opponents of Proposition 23, the California ballot measure that would suspend the state's global warming law, are hoping the San Francisco Giants' win over the Texas Rangers augurs well for the outcome of the election.
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Most walkable football stadiums
Walk Score ranks the most walkable NFL stadiums in honor of the season's kickoff. The really important public policy implication here is, uh, that's it's fun to look at it.
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Big league sports join the green team, score with solar
An alliance between sports and the green community has American pro leagues urging teams to solarize their stadiums. Some teams are ahead of the game
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Who would win the 2010 Green World Cup?
The 2010 World Cup is underway! Brazil and Spain may be the favorites, but superstars Kaka and Fernando Torres won’t help their countries score on clean air and low greenhouse-gas emissions as they compete with some of the world’s environmental powerhouses in the bid for the 2010 Green Cup. To celebrate the World Cup soccer […]