Spring means one thing to the American sports fan — the start of
a new Major League Baseball (MLB) season. For the
environmentally conscious sports fan, however, it means the
debut of new sustainability initiatives at ballparks across the
country as the MLB continues its efforts to go green. Teams
across the league have been working to reduce their
environmental impact, and major initiatives have taken hold
across the league: - MLB partnered with the Natural Resources
Defense Council in 2005 to create the Greening Advisor, a guide
to help teams implement sustainability initiatives in their
facilities and operations - All 30 teams signed onto an
environmental data collection program in 2010 that will
ultimately lead to greenhouse gas reductions - MLB recently
ranked highest among all major American sports leagues in a
survey of environmental data disclosure, along with the top
three individually ranked teams - Nearly half of the 20 teams in
the Green Sports Alliance are MLB teams But only looking at
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