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Football’s real carbon footprint: a vector of consumerism

There has been a lot of interest recently in the carbon footprint of football, both clubs and competitions. UEFA has announced it is offsetting 450,000 tonnes of emissions from Euro 2020; league tables of clubs’ green performance have been published … Continue reading

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Blatter and the bigger problem

Blatter is not the problem. The different attitudes towards Blatter around the world are telling.  We read that Africa, Asia, South America and Russia all support him.  They have different experience of him than we do.  They have benefitted from … Continue reading

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