[SustainableTompkins] Walmart Pulls the plug on green initiatives

[Tony Del Plato]

*Sale Ends Today!*
*Wal-Mart pulls the plug on green initiatives*

Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, who announced a high-profile series of green
corporate initiatives last year, has now ... taken them back. Citing high
costs, Scott yesterday announced that Wal-Mart is canceling most of its
sustainability programs, shifting its truck fleet back to diesel (from
biofuels), shuttering its experimental hyper-efficient stores, and pulling
organic products from its shelves. The only remaining evidence of Wal-Mart's
much-ballyhooed green makeover will be -- you guessed it -- light bulbs.
"We're keeping the compact fluorescents. Those are pretty cheap," said
Scott. "The rest of the stuff we tried was too expensive. In the end, our
customers value low prices more than sustainability, and at Wal-Mart, we
listen to our customers."

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*straight to the source:* *The Wall Street
Journal*<http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&ctl=4573:7144C8D51A66209C3416CE85A29FC3B4>,
Kevin Ryan, 01 Apr 2007


*straight to the source:* *The New York
Times*<http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&ctl=4572:7144C8D51A66209C3416CE85A29FC3B4>,
Dan Bogden, 01 Apr 2007



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