In “Greenest Games Ever? Not!” (Opinion, Feb. 3), Martin Lee pronounced a failing grade for the environmental efforts of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games. In ...

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People are increasingly expressing worries over the environmental impact of Olympic Games but for every London, there’s a Sochi – or another Beijing.

Check out this thought-provoking infographic for an inside look at Rio's environmental impact. ... The 2016 Olympics in Rio will begin in just over a week and despite several ongoing ...

China's official budget for the just-completed Winter Olympics in Beijing was $3.9 billion, though the Financial Times estimated this week that the true cost may be closer to $8.8 billion. An ...

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What’s the environmental impact of hosting the Olympics? And then there are the environmental costs. As wildfires rage, Arctic ice melts, and governments debate how to address climate change, ...

When tens of millions of people are all crowding into the same area and hundreds of buildings are being lit up, televised and reported from, just how damaging to the environment are the Olympic Games?