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What's in Your Wal-let? Wal-Mart issues a progress report on its experimental eco-store |
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13 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What's in Your Wal-let? Wal-Mart issues a progress report on its experimental eco-store The company greens hate to love is releasing a report today on progress at its year-old, experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colo. Wal-Mart is trumpeting its successes, from waterless urinals to LED lights in its freezers, and acknowledging its, uh, challenges, such as wind turbines that have short-circuited and recycled rubber ... |
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| Topics: business, news, renewable energy, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Blend Game Wal-Mart looks into selling ethanol |
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01 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Blend Game Wal-Mart looks into selling ethanol As part of its newfound determination to jump on the eco-bandwagon, Wal-Mart is considering selling E85, an ethanol/gasoline blend, at the gas stations it owns and operates. The mega-chain held an alternative-fuels summit for auto-industry reps, oil companies, government officials, and biofuel producers in Washington, D.C., this week. Still, Wal-Mart spokesflack Kev ... |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Green Supercenter Wal-Mart building two experimental green stores |
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21 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Green Supercenter Wal-Mart building two experimental green stores Mega-giganto retailer Wal-Mart is conducting an experiment. No, not the world-domination experiment, a different one: It's constructing two "Supercenters" with green-building features designed to reduce energy and water use. The first, in Texas, will have solar cells embedded in skylights; runoff waste wate ... |
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