Green Options » Philadelphia Eagles http://greenoptions.com/tag/philadelphia-eagles Posts tagged 'Philadelphia Eagles' Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Philadelphia Eagles Pay for Wind Energy to Power Team http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/09/philadelphia-eagles-pay-for-wind-energy-to-power-team/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/09/philadelphia-eagles-pay-for-wind-energy-to-power-team/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:00:28 +0000 Levi Novey http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/09/philadelphia-eagles-pay-for-wind-energy-to-power-team/ Brian Westbrook of the Philadelphia Eagles RunsAfter the Phoenix Suns NBA basketball team announced last week that they were installing solar panels as part of a new green initiative, now things only seem to be getting better for the environment when it comes to the efforts of professional sports teams.

The Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team announced on Sunday that they have paid a company for enough wind power to cover their energy needs for this year as part of their ongoing “Go Green” initiative. These needs include powering their stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, and also their training complex. The Eagles claim that they are the first team in the NFL to obtain all of their energy from a sustainable source (and we aren’t talking about Campbell’s Chunky Soup).

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