[SustainableTompkins] Walmart Pulls the plug on green initiatives

[T.J. VanSlyke]

Is there a source for this?  I searched "walmart sustainability" on
Google News and turned up no such results.  It is April Fool's Day,
after all...

On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 20:22 -0500, Stephen Nicholson wrote:
> This is certainly a set back. I for one was beginning to love this
> company.
> We were going to announce today that Ithaca had finally finished
> becoming Sustainable, but we can't do it without Walmart!
> 
> 
> Stephen C. Nicholson
> President, Sustainable Tompkins
> Ithaca, NY
> 607-539-6923
> scnfish at clarityconnect.com
> www.sustainabletompkins.org
> 
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> [mailto:sustainabletompkins-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org] On Behalf Of
> Tony Del Plato
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:52 PM
> To: postingsustainabletompkins; IC Sustainability
> Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Walmart Pulls the plug on green
> initiatives
> 
> *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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