Europe is in the midst of a heat wave, and while Olympic athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games might be spared the ...

When tens of millions of people are all crowding into the same area and hundreds of buildings are being lit up, televised and reported from, just how damaging to the environment are the Olympic Games?

For the first time in over a century, Parisians are once again swimming in the River Seine. What once seemed impossible is ...

People are increasingly expressing worries over the environmental impact of Olympic Games but for every London, there’s a Sochi – or another Beijing.

In “Greenest Games Ever? Not!” (Opinion, Feb. 3), Martin Lee pronounced a failing grade for the environmental efforts of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games. In ...

The environmental justice fight to block the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles L.A. mayor claims hosting the Olympics will have "no impact" on the environment.

Installing and using 5G technology could help minimize the Olympics' environmental impacts. This article is part of "5G Playbook," a series exploring one of our time's most important tech innovations.

O lympic officials will be watching wearily as Russia puts on the finishing touches to the Sochi Winter Olympics, set to begin on Feb. 7. Though the build-up to most mega-sporting events like the ...

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