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Walmart continues to make news in the ‘greening’ / energy efficiency environment.  Earlier this week, there was the announcement of a large solar buy.  Today, they announced a path forward for reducing mercury in compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFLs). As given prominence earlier this year, Wal-Mart is seeking to sell 100+ million CFLs per year. (For an […]

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As discussed prominently in the New York Times earlier this year, Walmart has committed to pushing aggressively for sales of compact fluorescent lightbulb sales in its stores, targeting a doubling of CFL sales of from 50 to 100 million CFLs by 2008. CFLs burn roughly 25% of the electricity of incandescent lightbulbs, last longer, and […]

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Wal-Mart announced today a huge solar system purchase, a “pilot project … toward its goal of being supplied by 100 percent renewable energy”. For many, Wal-Mart has been an odd poster child for Green business management. While it is hard to say that its business model is ‘sustainbilility focused’ (importing things from far away, disposible (non-durable) […]

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When it comes to Global Warming, there should be at least one arena of full agreement: there is no excuse not to be pursuing a “no regrets” strategy. E.g, pursuit of policies, programs, and technologies that make sense no matter whether you accept the weight of scientific evidence or are hoping that the skeptics at […]

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