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A game’s CO₂ footprint depends on team size, travel, stadium size and energy use, and concessions. Game frequency, though, makes the biggest difference: One baseball game is a carbon lightweight. But all those doubleheaders add up, landing mlb in overall last place. Here’s how the big four score.

SPORT	GAMES PER SEASON	EMISSIONS PER TEAM PER GAME (TONS)*	TOTAL TEAM EMISSIONS PER SEASON (TONS)	OFFSET EFFORTS
NFL	16	716	11,448	The Philadelphia Eagles’ home games are 100% wind powered; team subsidizes renewable energy for employees’ homes; emissions cuts equal 1,500 cars per year.
NHL	82	232	18,983	More than 500 players pledged to offset their share of the league’s jet travel.
NBA	82	225	18,409	At a Houston Rockets “green game” this year, hybrids parked free; mascot Clutch the bear was dyed emerald.
MLB	162	179	28,998	The San Francisco Giants installed 590 solar panels in their stadium, enough to run the scoreboard for a season.