Stadium should be using clean energy

I should be astonished that ostensibly climate-minded Governor Kathy Hochul is charging New Yorkers $600 million for the new Buffalo Bills stadium that will use 20% more dirty natural gas than the old one. But of course, multi-billionaire team owner Terry Pegula made his fortune in fossil fuels.No surprise, either, that the team is hoping for a “negative declaration” from Erie County to avoid a full environmental review, nor are they seeking LEED energy efficiency designation. The promised gas-powered grass is hardly a climate benefit! It sounds like a joke.Hopefully the Bills haven’t blown the opportunity to install energy-efficient and climate-saving geothermal heating. Notre Dame installed geothermal heating and cooling not just for its stadium, but for its entire campus in 2017, joining what was then m ore than100 schools nation-wide. Freezing Winnipeg is getting provincial…

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