{"id":2281834,"date":"2024-06-22T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-olympians-to-ignore-paris-climate-plans-bring-own-ac-units-critical-for-team-usas-performance-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T19:27:44","slug":"american-olympians-to-ignore-paris-climate-plans-bring-own-ac-units-critical-for-team-usas-performance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-olympians-to-ignore-paris-climate-plans-bring-own-ac-units-critical-for-team-usas-performance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"American Olympians to Ignore Paris Climate Plans, Bring Own AC Units: &#8216;Critical for Team USA&#8217;s Performance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-olympians-to-ignore-paris-climate-plans-bring-own-ac-units-critical-for-team-usas-performance-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2281834&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2062 U.S. Olympic team has decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-olympians-demand-ac-units-for-performance-capability-in-paris-despite-emissions-goals\/\" title=\"US Olympians call for AC in Paris to maintain performance, despite emissions concerns\">provide air conditioners<\/a> for \u200cits athletes\u2063 during \u2063the Paris\u200d Games, despite the event\u2063 organizers&#8217; efforts\u200d to minimize carbon emissions by using a more\u2062 sustainable cooling \u200csystem. Sarah\u2062 Hirshland, \u2063CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, explained that maintaining a consistent\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-21-states-are-opting-out-of-enhanced-unemployment-benefits-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"These 21 States Are Opting Out Of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits. Here\u2019s What You Need To Know.\">predictable environment<\/a> is crucial for the athletes&#8217; performance. This decision aligns with other\u200c countries \u2062like Germany, Australia, Italy, Canada, and Britain, which also plan to bring air \u2062conditioners. The Paris Games organizers had intended to cool the Athletes Village, housing over\u2062 15,000\u2063 participants, with an underground\u200b pipe \u2064system and fans, aiming to keep room temperatures between 23 to 26 degrees Celsius.\u200d However, the move\u2062 by\u200c the U.S. and other teams undercuts these\u200b eco-friendly initiatives. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has emphasized her desire \u200dfor the games to set an example in environmental stewardship. This ongoing situation \u200creflects a broader issue, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-search-underway-after-2-inmates-escape-from-ariz-prison\/\" title=\"Police search underway after 2 inmates escape from Ariz. prison\">air conditioning<\/a> is relatively uncommon \u2063in European\u2062 households compared to countries like China and the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 21, 2024 at 11:27am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>EUGENE, Ore. (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-paris-2024-air-conditioning-climate-change-78b47a6f1bf0e1fcae9889cce9debcd9\">plans to cut carbon emissions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Olympic and Paralympic CEO Sarah Hirshland said Friday that while the U.S. team appreciates efforts aimed at sustainability, the federation would be supplying AC units for what is typically the largest contingent of athletes at the Summer Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you can imagine, this is a period of time in which consistency and predictability is critical for Team USA\u2019s performance,\u201d Hirshland said. \u201cIn our conversations with athletes, this was a very high priority and something that the athletes felt was a critical component in their performance capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/06\/06\/paris-olympics-no-air-conditioning-village-2024\/\">Washington Post reported earlier this month<\/a> that Germany, Australia, Italy, Canada and Britain were among the other countries with plans to bring air conditioners to France.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic organizers have touted plans to cool rooms in the Athletes Village, which will house more than 15,000 Olympians and sports officials over the course of the games, using a system of cooling pipes underneath the floors.<\/p>\n<p>The average high in Paris on Aug. 1 is 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit). The objective is to keep the rooms between 23-26 degrees (73-79 degrees Fahrenheit). The rooms will also be equipped with fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,\u201d Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has said about the plans for the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Energy Agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/iea.blob.core.windows.net\/assets\/0bb45525-277f-4c9c-8d0c-9c0cb5e7d525\/The_Future_of_Cooling.pdf\">fewer than 1 in 10 households in Europe<\/a> has air conditioning, and the numbers in Paris are lower than that. The study said that of the 1.6 billion AC units in use across the globe in 2016, more than half were in China (570 million) and the United States (375 million). The entire European Union had around 100 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympics mark the most important stop on the athletic careers of the 10,500-plus athletes who will descend on Paris, which has led some high-profile countries to undercut environmental efforts for the sake of comfort.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Team USA continue to ignore climate protocols in Paris?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a high-performance environment,\u201d Australian Olympic Committee spokesman Strath Gordon explained to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Summer Olympics: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2024-paris-olympic-games\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2024-paris-olympic-games<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-ford-announces-end-of-iconic-character-i-need-to-sit-down-and-rest-a-little-bit\/\" title=\"Harrison Ford retires iconic character, needs rest.\">normal editorial standards<\/a>. 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