Democrats in Congress are recruiting a varsity squad of sports officials to help make the case for action on climate change.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are slated to meet Thursday with officials from most of the country’s major sports leagues, including Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the National Football League.
They will discuss “the effects of climate change on sporting activities and the work these organizations are doing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions,” according to a statement.
Waxman and Whitehouse co-chair the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, which is a group of lawmakers who advocate for tackling global warming.
Thursday’s closed-door meeting, which will be followed by a press conference, stemmed from a series of 300 letters the task force sent to businesses and other groups in January asking for input on what the federal government should do to address the growing threat of climate change.
The MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL all responded to the letters, according to the lawmakers’ offices, which said they plan to “recognize these organizations for taking the threat of climate change seriously and doing their part to reduce GHG emissions.”
Via: Politico
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