California Resources Corporation (CRC and the NFL football club Los Angeles Rams have announced Football Without the Footprint, a carbon management initiative, to allow the Rams to reduce or offset carbon emissions from the team’s operations in the future.
Additionally, CRC and the Rams will invest in community impact efforts like garden builds, beautification projects, and science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) initiatives to incorporate carbon management practices and education. CRC will become the Rams’ official carbon management partner through the collaboration.
The Rams has agreed to purchase locally sourced carbon credits to offset their carbon footprint from CRC’s Carbon TerraVault, the company’s carbon management business that develops carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in California.
Carbon credits are expected to come from various sources, including future Carbon TerraVault projects that offer flexible solutions to help the Rams with decarbonization. The solutions include:
- The future California Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub to remove and permanently store atmospheric CO2 deep underground in geologic formations in the Central Valley.
- Biomass with carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) projects using agriculture waste as a feedstock for producing RNG.
The Rams can also reduce the team’s carbon emissions by purchasing locally produced hydrocarbons like responsibly sourced gas (RSG) produced from CRC’s Los Angeles Basin operations, which were certified as Grade A by MiQ.
With the help of the initiative, CRC and the Rams will work together to educate fans and local communities about the importance of carbon management technologies and meeting California’s energy needs with local, responsibly sourced energy.
The Rams are not the only National Football League franchise exploring decarbonization strategies. Recently, the San Francisco 49ers contracted a road trip--to play the Rams in Los Angeles--using sustainable aviation fuel, while the stadium complex which hosts the Houston Texans deployed some clean energy projects.
