Mark McIntosh 
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Mark McIntosh is the founder and Managing Director of EcoSport Strategies, a sports industry consulting firm that helps teams and sports associations increase their environmental sustainability, brand and bottom line. Mark is an attorney by training, but worked mostly as an executive for some of the country’s largest and most respected environmental non-profits. Most recently, he was deputy general Counsel for the Executive Office of the President at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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Jackson goes for gold 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks agoEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Chicago Friday to talk about greening the business of sports ... oh, and maybe boost the Windy City's bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.
For the Green of the Game
Blowing the green whistle on sports 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks agoWhile no sport or team is identical in how it operates, they face some of the same environmental challenges confronted by other businesses, including managing energy use, waste management, water consumption, pesticide use, land use, transportation, carbon emissions, and much more.
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I would very much like to share your optimism in the efforts of the "trifecta". However, there are undercurrents developing in DC which very well may spoil their genuine effort. Aside from that, the fate of the Senate climate or energy bill hangs largely on the end game (passage vs. non passage - depending on who you talk to) of the health care legislation.On Obama headed to Copenhagen, sets the bar for success posted 5 days, 17 hours ago 39 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Curious, how exactly is he going to achieve a 17 percent reduction? Is this under the questionable assumption that Congress is going to pass something next year (energy bill not Cap and Trade)? Or, is it under the expectation that new EPA regulatory efforts will achieve this result (after 10 years of litigation). Or, is it the cumulative effect of the myriad of new programs sprouting from each of the federal agency that will promote "mitigation action" to meet the target? I support the premise, but how can anyone interpret this (or take seriously) as a commitment on our part. I just hope this visit to Copenhagen is more successful than his last.On Obama headed to Copenhagen, sets the bar for success posted 5 days, 18 hours ago 39 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Bill has nailed some of the reasoning behind the opposition. As Tasermons points out, the cost behind EPA regulating GHG's will hit the corporate community -true - but also the public (voters) and the political fall out for the D's will be evident. Both D's and R's should be fearful of an EPA program for different reasons. Any regulatory approach from EPA will be met by significant legal push back. It will be superfund all over again (nothing good happening).On Republicans threaten to boycott Kerry-Boxer markup over substanceless procedural complaint posted 4 weeks ago 17 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
I'm not sure what the point of the article is? I write sports related issues for Grist and I find this authors interpretation of the sport amateurish. While there is little that can be identified as accomplishments on the part of NASCAR for environmental stewardship, they are trying to green up their operations. One has to look for each of the teams to become better stewards rather than any individual race. While the footprint for a race is substantial (I can name one cricket match this weekend that beats the numbers talked about in this article), one has to look towards the individual competitors and their activities to really make a difference in this sport. This article was not a heavy lift.On NASCAR and the high-octane American dream posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago 11 Responses