 Stories About: business AND energy AND Wal-Mart
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ECO:nomics: Overload
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David Roberts |
14 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Good lord. Today was overwhelming. There were about 10 sessions, every one thought-provoking. I interviewed Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy. I saw energy advisers from all three presidential campaigns offer substantive comparisons of the candidates' climate positions. I saw in-depth discussions of carbon trading, green automobiles, shareholder resolutions, and the structure of cap-and-trade systems. I talked to journalists, people working on water and carbon trading, t ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Great Scott
Wal-Mart CEO lays out ambitious social and environmental goals for his company |
David Roberts |
24 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Yesterday, Wal-Mart CEO gave a fairly amazing speech, assessing the company's progress on its social and environmental goals and laying out some extremely ambitious plans for the future. A taste: He then laid out sweeping plans for the company on several health and environmental issues, and he hinted that even more ambitious goals might be on the horizon. Mr. Scott said, for instance, that Wal-Mart is talking to leaders of the automobile industry about selling el ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, greening biz operations, renewable energy, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Bill Clinton vs. the World Bank
Clinton's push for sustainable development dismissed by World Bank prez |
Joseph Romm |
27 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The opening plenary was fascinating. Clinton explained how CGI commitments had already avoided 20,000,000 tons of greenhouse gases. Then he tried to get Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank, to realize that the 'Bank can show people options for sustainable development.' Zoellick, however, was full of little more than platitudes, saying we need to address 'questions of adaptation and mitigation,' and noting that there is a sensitivity in the developing world t ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, international politics, politics, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Sheddy Mercury
Wal-Mart to cut mercury content in compact fluorescent bulbs |
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11 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Sheddy Mercury Wal-Mart to cut mercury content in compact fluorescent bulbs As energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs move their way into the mainstream, concerns about their mercury content are spiraling up too. Soon, however, consumers will be able to find less-toxic CFLs for always low prices. Yes, Wal-Mart announced yesterday that its bulb suppliers will reduce mercury content by about one- ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, mercury, news, shopping, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Don't Discount Him
An interview with Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott |
Amanda Griscom Little |
12 Apr 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Last week, Wal-Mart joined leading energy executives in their startling call for mandatory caps on greenhouse-gas emissions. The heart of this monolithic retail Grinch grew three sizes that day -- or so it seemed to many environmental Who's. Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. For many enviros, the name "Wal-Mart" has always triggered a shudder. The world's biggest retailer has been charged with exa ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, interview, renewable energy, Wal-Mart, waste (all these topics) |
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