Ski federation signs onto UN climate change initiative

The International Ski Federation has signed onto a U.N. climate change initiative in a move some view as a welcome about-face from its president, whose comments about environmentalists alarmed leaders in the ski and snowboard community.
FIS announced Wednesday that it had joined the U.N. Sports for Climate Action framework and made it part of its sustainability policy.
The announcement comes seven months after the athletes’ group Protect Our Winters (POW) and the world’s largest snow