BOULDER, Colorado, October 10, 2008 (ENS) – Football fans going to Colorado Buffaloes games are having a hard time trying to find a trash can at Boulder’s Folsom Field this season. Traditional cans have been replaced by recycle and compost bins by University of Colorado’s athletic department. The Colorado Buffaloes are the first major collegiate…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 5, 2008 (ENS) – The Philadelphia Phillies have signed up to buy 20 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy to serve the ball club’s 43,500-seat Citizens Bank Park. With this purchase the team has become the largest green power purchaser in major league baseball. The Phillies’ purchase of 20 million kilowatt hours…
WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2008 (ENS) – Citing the potential “to manipulate the system,” California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today recommended that the Federal Trade Commission sharpen its guidelines for businesses that sell carbon emission offset credits. Activities such as driving cars and running power plants produce greenhouse gas emissions which trap heat…