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THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM

If you've ever been to a professional sporting event, you may have noticed that most are not exactly green operations. In addition to the mountains of beer cans, Styrofoam nacho trays, and peanut shells, there's the giant energy cost of powering a stadium—and all the carbon emissions that go with it.

Sports execs considered all that an unavoidable cost of doing business—until a charismatic scientist named Allen Hershkowitz came onto the scene a decade ago. Since then, thanks to Hershkowitz and his Green Sports Alliance, at least 28 venues now use some kind of renewable energy, 20 stadiums have been LEED certified, and the NHL, the NBA, and Major League Baseball have all made major changes to reduce their environmental footprints.

So how did Hershkowitz do it?

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