Climate Changed
The Home of Cricket Goes Into Bat Against Climate Change
- Storm Desmond in 2015 caused $4.3 million of damage to cricket
- Marylebone Cricket Club buying 100 percent renewables from EDF
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England’s home of cricket said it’s joining the fight against climate change to avert more damage from severe weather that has already cost millions of pounds and wrecked historic grounds where the sport is played.
Marylebone Cricket Club signed an agreement with EDF Energy Plc that shifts its electricity consumption to 100 percent renewable energy, according to a statement released Tuesday. The club’s Lord’s cricket ground made the move after new figures showed storms and flooding linked to climate change caused more than 3.5 million pounds ($4.3 million) of damage across 57 cricket clubs in a single stormy month.