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A Clean-Energy Mega-Mall

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
21 May 2005 - 11:00am

Who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with strong GOP affiliations and 25 mega-malls under his belt?

"Picture a gargantuan shopping complex in upstate New York -- a so-called "retail city" big enough to make Mall of America look like a five-and-dime -- with thousands of shops plus restaurants, theaters, hotels, a high-tech research park for commercial R&D, and a sprawling, climate-controlled biosphere for recreation. Yet another environmental abomination, you say?Not so fast."

Full Story: DestiNY's Child
Source: Grist Magazine, May 20, 2005
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