Ford Field to host first 100% Carbon Free NFL Game

The annual Thanksgiving Day Lions game is always a special one in Detroit.

But this year, it'll be even more so. That's because Thursday's 68th Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field will be the first 100% carbon neutral game in NFL history.

Through everyday operations, every organization contributes to carbon dioxide emissions. With the assistance of Carbon Credit Environmental Services (CCES) of Detroit, though, Ford Field will offset 1,866,000 pounds of Green House Gases (GHG) and CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions. In other words, 100% of its Carbon Footprint.

The calculations for this event include all CO2 emissions from electricity, gas and water used at Ford Field on game day, plus emissions resulting from car and air travel by fans and the opposing team.

To offset the emissions, CCES planted 150,000 trees, which serve as a carbon sink. Each tree planted will absorb the GHG and CO2 emissions and clean the air in our global environment.


Located in Detroit's Tech Town area, CCES has over 30 years of environmental experience and is proud to provide GHG and CO2 reduction programs. Other CCES programs include solar power, wind energy and methane recovery. Please visit CCES on the Web for more information.

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Young Detroiter, freep.com win National Emmy

Most of us can only dream of winning an Emmy award.

But that's not the case for Detroit resident-Stephen McGee.

He not only won an Emmy -- he won an Emmy at the tender age of 25.

The local photographer/videographer and a handful of other journalists at the Detroit Free Press beat out the Washington Post, Frontline, National Geographic and Newsweek with Michigan Marines: Band of Brothers, a 23-part video documentary that chronicles the journey of Michigan's 1st Battalion of the 24th Marine Regiment, to win "Outstanding News Coverage for Broadband" at the 28th annual Emmy Awards last week in New York.

The award was one of three News and Documentary Emmy Awards in the National Academy of Arts and Sciences' new broadband category. The announcement and award presentation was made by newsman-Dan Rather himself.

McGee, who now works as a freelancer, worked as a producer, principal videographer and principal reporter on the project. He joined the Detroit Free Press in 2005 as an intern but quickly moved up. He is responsible for teaching staff members at freep.com video techniques starting in 2005, the year the news organization first plunged into the broadband scene.

Other team members responsible for the award-winning video series include executive producer Nancy Andrews; producer/principal videographer David P. Gilkey; principal reporters David P. Gilkey, Joe Swickard, and John Masson; director of photography and video Craig Porter; deputy director of photography and video Kathy Kieliszewski; videographer Brian Kaufman; and photographer/reporter Kathleen Galligan. Congratulations to all of them!

Watch the Michigan Band of Brothers videos here.

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