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Washington Nationals will play in first U.S. green-built stadium 4

The Washington Nationals will play their baseball season opener Sunday in the first green-built professional stadium in the U.S. The LEED Silver certified ballpark was built on a restored brownfield, and many building materials were produced locally. The stadium boasts efficient lighting and plumbing, drought-resistant plants, a concession area with a green roof, filters to keep stormwater runoff out of the nearby Anacostia River, and proximity to public transit (as well as a shortage of parking). Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch as the Nats take on the Atlanta Braves: President George W. Bush. He's sure to be hit. Er, a hit.

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  1. human power Posted 12:25 pm
    28 Mar 2008

    Just less brownGreen would mean SUSTAINABLE. Having parking for any fossil-fool powered wheelchairs for non-handicapped individuals is brown. Some local materials does not make it green either, it just means there is a slight reduction in the shade of brown. Lights? Since when do you need lights to play baseball, especially when the east coast grid is mostly coal. This thing will have a carbon footprint that vastly exceeds its acreage.

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    Delay And Deny Posted 3:22 am
    31 Mar 2008

    We Must be Doing Something Right, To Last 100 yrs

    Baseball is proven to be the most sustainable sport...100 years and still going.

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  3. ed abbey Posted 5:11 am
    31 Mar 2008

    W's last pitchDeservedly, W was roundly boo-ed, whether for his bad pitch or his bad policies (or both), i do not know. I do know that Faux News cut the audio to spare their viewers the humiliation they so richly deserve.

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  4. rrecroc Posted 10:44 am
    31 Mar 2008

    Aah .....Syphilis has been around a 100 years too .....
    You got to like the "why don't they like me daddy?" stupidity of George Beelzebub Bush.

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