WSOP becomes “climate friendly” poker tournament
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Harrah’s announced a deal this week that makes the World Series of Poker a “climate friendly” poker tournament.
Harrah’s, which puts on the WSOP, purchased “carbon offsets” through a company called NativeEnergy. A carbon offset consists of paying for the greenhouse gas emissions a person or an entity creates by funding a cause that reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The purchase by Harrah’s offsets energy use and waste during the six-and-a-half week event and will fund NativeEnergy’s farmer-owned distributed wind program.
According to a press release:
With financial assistance from NativeEnergy, new wind turbines on farms throughout the Midwest will help farmers reduce their global warming impact from energy use and reduce their long-term electricity costs, while helping to stabilize the electricity grid with distributed, small scale, renewable power generation.
“Harrah’s continues to look for innovative ways to conserve energy and demonstrate our commitment to environmental sustainability,” said Gary Loveman, chairman, CEO and president of Harrah’s Entertainment. “Our collaboration with NativeEnergy allows us to reduce the environmental impact of the world’s largest poker event. We’d like to challenge WSOP players and guests to join us and also purchase carbon credits to make this a more eco-friendly event.”
