Phillies are the greenest team in professional sports

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The Phillies Go Green in Big Way
Published 5/5/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
We missed this last week when the Phils wore green hats for a game, but the organization has taken some of the most impressive steps among any franchise in sports in terms of offsetting their carbon footprint. To offset the carbon footprint created by the team's utility power usage at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have purchased 20 million kilowatt-hours of Green-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). According to the EPA, this is the largest single purchase of 100% renewable energy in professional sports and is equivalent to the planting of 100,000 trees. Maybe we can get a little more ivy on the bricks around the ball ...

The Phillies Love Mother Earth
Published 5/6/2008 by PostmanR at FanHouse
Filed under: Philadelphia, Phillies, NL East, MLB BizThe US is going green, buildings are going green, your mom is going green, baseball is going green: we know this. It's become cool to start loving and caring for our environment, instead of something your third grade teacher tells you about in social studies. And, it is the Philadelphia Phillies who are leading the charge MLB-wise in this whole Al Gore-minded endeavor. Seriously, they've made quite the splash. To offset the carbon footprint created by the team's utility power usage at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have purchased 20 million kilowatt-hours of Green-e Energy Certified ...