Team USA will use basketball court for training
(NEWSER) - At next year’s London Olympics, the US basketball team will train on some pretty rare ground. The court is being made from eucalyptus wood logged in a 1,000-year-old Tasmanian forest that's home to endangered species such as the Tasmanian Devil, activists allege. The UN World Heritage Committee has called for the region in question to be protected. In recent years, the Games have made efforts to become “greener,” the Independent notes, adding that the building in question is not being supervised by the London 2012 organizers. More»
