GOLDEN, CO - October 3, 2007 - The construction defect law firm of Benson & Associates PC announced today that it has offset its carbon emissions for 2007 with Carbonfund.org, the country's leading carbon solutions organization. Benson & Associates is pleased to reduce its impact on the environment by offsetting the carbon footprint that is created by its office activities, including electric usage and business car travel. As one of the leading Colorado law firms representing homeowners and community associations, Benson & Associates has taken this practical step to highlight its commitment to be a leader in the legal community.

Benson & Associates' partners and employees are concerned about the effects of global warming on our environment. By supporting carbon-reducing projects such as renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects, Benson & Associates is helping to reduce our country's dependency on fossil fuels while at the same time helping to reverse the degradation of our environment.

"We are excited to announce our partnership with Carbonfund.org. We hope that our commitment to offset our carbon footprint will serve as an example to other law firms, community associations and their vendors" said Doug Benson, managing partner of Benson & Associates. "With more than 57 million residents living in community associations and thousands of vendors serving those communities, there is an enormous potential for this segment to make an impact on carbon reduction in our environment."
"It's not the law-at least in the US-to battle climate change, but it's great to have a law firm partnering with us in the fight," said Steve Offutt, Chief Operating Officer at Carbonfund.org. "We are pleased to welcome Benson & Associates as a CarbonFree business partner."

Carbonfund.org is a non-profit organization whose goal is to make carbon offsets and climate protection easy, affordable and a normal way of life for every individual and business. Carbon offsets enable individuals and businesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to offset the emissions they are responsible for in their normal activities, like home, office, driving or air travel emissions. For instance, a clean, zero CO2 wind farm can offset the carbon dioxide produced by a coal-fired power plant. By supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation projects Carbonfund.org will retire an equivalent amount of carbon offsets. The financial support from these offsets will then help to continue the development of clean, renewable domestic sources of energy.

About Benson & Associates

Benson & Associates is one of the leading construction defect litigation law firms in Colorado, representing homeowners and community associations with construction defect claims against builders, subcontractors, and their insurance companies. Benson & Associates attorneys have recovered more than $200 million in verdicts and settlements for their clients. The firm takes a unique approach to construction defect cases, developing and implementing several alternative approaches to construction defect claims that often resolve claims without their clients ever stepping foot in a courthouse.

About Carbonfund.org

Carbonfund.org is the country's leading carbon reduction and offset organization. Carbonfund.org educates the public about the dangers of climate change and makes it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact. Carbonfund.org works with 300 corporate and non-profit partners including Discovery, Dell, Orbitz, Volkswagen, Environmental Defense, Lancome and Working Assets.

If reducing carbon emissions and being kind to the environment is of interest to you, please visit Carbonfund.org's website: www.carbonfund.org.

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Carbonfund.org (www.carbonfund.org) reduces the threat of climate change by making it easy and affordable for any individual or business to reduce their carbon footprint and support climate-friendly projects. With its easy-to-use calculator, low offset cost per ton of CO2, and certified offset projects, Carbonfund.org is proving that anyone can reduce their impact on climate change easily and efficiently. Carbonfund.org is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit business, and a member of the EPA's Green Power Network, the Chicago Climate Exchange, and Ceres. Carbonfree and "Reduce what you can, offset what you can't" are trademarks of the Carbonfund.org Foundation.

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