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 Stories About: business AND commercial and industry organizations AND Wal-Mart
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The Death of Integrity
In working with Wal-Mart, activist Adam Werbach is abandoning his principles |
John Sellers, Barbara Dudley |
19 Jul 2006 |
Soapbox |
| By John Sellers and Barbara Dudley 19 Jul 2006 In late 2004, Adam Werbach proclaimed that environmentalism was dead due to the movement's unwillingness to connect with ordinary working people and its inability to effectively grapple with the most profound problem the earth has ever faced, climate change. His diagnosis was clear: In order to build the next liberal majority in this country, environ ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, Sierra Club, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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A Good Switch or a Bad Switch?
Wal-Mart's eco-announcements generate a clash among activists |
Liza Featherstone |
22 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| The mother ship. Photo: Wal-Mart. It was easy for Wal-Mart's critics to laugh this past spring when CEO Lee Scott proudly announced that he drove a Lexus hybrid. For Scott to expect praise for his consumer choices given the abysmal record of his massive company -- which has repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act while contributing to sprawl, air pollution, and a host of ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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