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Olympians to Obama: climate change is jeopardising winter sports' survival

2013-04-09 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Olympic medallists in snowboarding and skiing have called on Barack Obama on to save winter sports by taking ambitious measures against climate change. In a letter to the White House, 75 champions, including pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones and Olympians Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Jacobellis said a run of record warm years and sporadic snowfalls jeopardised the survival of their sports and a winter tourism industry worth $12bn a year. "As professional athletes, representing a community of 23 million...

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