Swifter, Higher, Greener (Grist)

How the Olympics are becoming a sustainable business

28 Jan 2006 – Article

While green concerns are still something of an Olympic novelty, their rise increasingly meshes with the intended spirit of the games. And given all that’s at stake financially – the Athens games cost Greece around $16 billion, next month’s games are budgeted at $3.6 billion, and New York’s losing bid for 2012 cost $35 million – the time for more transparent and sustainable games has come.

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