Vancouver's 2010 Olympic/Paralympic committee is shopping for offsets.
In setting its 300,000-tonne carbon offset target, VANOC relied on a 2007 preliminary carbon emissions forecast prepared for it by the David Suzuki Foundation and subsequently reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The independent foundation predicted that, based on planning at that stage, the Games would produce an estimated 110,000 tonnes of direct carbon emissions and another 220,000 tonnes of indirect emissions from air travel by spectators and other participants.
Are they offsetting CO2 emissions from the athletes too? An energy-conscientious Games is a good thing at any rate.
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