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What a joke: auto-dependent corporate HQ in sprawl claims to be “carbon neutral”

July 5, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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automobile-dependent, carbonfootprint, driving, energy, LEED, location, sprawl

 According to a story in the New York Times:“METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC, the giant London-based bank, has moved its North American headquarters to a sprawling facility that it bills as carbon neutral in this hamlet about 30 miles north of...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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