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Olympic Organizers Pick Sempa Power Partner to Offset Carbon Emissions
12.09.2009
By Clare Ogilvie Olympic organizers have partnered with B.C.-based Offsetters to make the 2010 Games carbon neutral. The deal makes the 2010 Winter Games the first in history to have an Official Supplier of Carbon Offsets. John Furlong, chief executive officer for the 2010 Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), called it "a crucial step forward to meeting our goal to make the 2010 Winter Games as environmentally responsible as possible. "In March, we announced to the world our target to neutralize up to 300,000 tonnes of CO2 from the Games. Today, we're delighted to say a British Columbian company with a growing national reputation as a leader in this field will be supporting our efforts to offset our carbon footprint from the Games through clean technology projects using B.C. know-how." To read more click here
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