Word: sullivans
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...neutral-the first major bank to do so-by January 2006. The principle is simple: the bank spends its cash on green energy projects that reduce CO2 emissions by the same amount the bank creates. "We realized we had to go above that 'business as usual' scenario," says Francis Sullivan, HSBC's adviser on the environment, speaking from the corporation's towering London HQ. The bank was already spending $7 million annually to boost the energy efficiency of its buildings but, says Sullivan, "we cannot generate all the electricity, heating, cooling and lighting we need from CO2- free sources. Buying...
...plan is not without its flaws. For one thing, it's not easy to be certain the reductions being offered are real. "You could end up spending a lot of money on something that didn't exist, or had been sold to somebody else already," Sullivan says. Besides, carbon neutrality in itself is not going to head off global warming. The steps HSBC has taken are a good start, says Mike Childs of Friends of the Earth in London. "But what are they going to do to minimize the impact of their operations...
...small classroom decorated with posters emblazoned with words like integrity, honor, and excellence. There are 15 cadets from different colleges, as well as an MIT pre-frosh applying for an ROTC scholarship. Four of the cadets are women, and it appears to be a racially diverse crew. Captain Brian Sullivan, who teaches the cadets military science, sits on a desk and sips coffee as he clicks through slides of weapons: M-4s, night vision devices, different kinds of grenades. “Look through the optical device here...you basically can’t miss...
...reminisces, “I realized football was my shot into school—this was my ticket.”Similarly, McCrone spent his high school years dedicated to basketball, moving from his hometown of Shanty Bay, Ont. to Baltimore to devote himself to the sport.Harvard coach Frank Sullivan liked what he saw, inviting McCrone to join the basketball team—a squad that the senior was a part of his freshman and sophomore years.TO THE MACWeitzen was the quickest of the three to leave his old team, quitting the football squad before the academic year even started...
...have no hard feelings toward Sullivan,” Puchtel said. “If I was more interested in doing that, I would have taken a more pro-active approach...