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naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

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US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

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naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions.
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    The organizers could have done it themselves and kept things equal instead of trying to greenwash the Olympics, they probably just chose to not do AC to reduce costs.

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      Just because US fuckers can’t live with a climate they helped create doesn’t mean the rest of the world has to follow them.

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        Not just “US fuckers”. These countries have also announced plans to bring AC units: Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan, Greece, Denmark and Australia

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          Sounds about white.

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          And so are they

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