Congratulations to the Kodak Gallery Pro Cycling Team presented by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. for having a ridiculously corporatastic name becoming the first carbon-neutral U.S. professional sports team. The KGPCTpbSNBC will offset 100 percent of team-produced carbon emissions in 2007, including travel, support crew, and team members’ home electricity use. Team marketing director Rob O’Dea has the sound bite:

This program allows our team to take a leadership position in raising the bar of personal responsibility, and in creating awareness of the new tools that exist for individuals and organizations to take tangible steps to improve the air we breathe. We’re glad to have a chance to offset the pollution we create by supporting the development of clean, renewable wind power.

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Thanks for that, Rob.

Meanwhile, you’ve heard about the scrambling to clean up for Beijing 2008, but how are things going in London, home of the Olympics in 2012?

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