Discovery Channel Pro-Cycling Team go carbon neutral
With this year's Tour de France well underway it's emerged that one of the top teams in the peloton have become carbon neutral. The Discovery Channel Team have offset all the carbon they produce in time for the TDF, and have also backdated it to 1st of January. They have even reflected their new status by redesigning their kit to include green bands, and have re-coloured their planet logo green. The cyclists themselves obviously don't produce any harmful emissions whilst racing, but they have a huge entourage of trucks, buses and cars that follow them around.
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They have managed to offset these vehicles, plus the energy used at their headquarters in Austin and Belgium, team flights and electricity usage by investing in green energy and planting trees. They are reported to have offset around 62 metric tons of CO2 so far this year. They have also pledged to plant 30 trees every time one of their riders wins a stage in this year's Tour.
