[SustainableTompkins] Walmart Pulls the plug on green initiatives

[Cnielsen56 at aol.com]

As I said before, it was an April Fools joke... Click where it says  
"straight to the source", and they will tell you.
 
In a message dated 4/2/2007 12:00:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
scnfish at clarityconnect.com writes:

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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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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