Press Release: Walmart’s Climate Pollution Grows as It Scales Back Renewable Power

Date: 19 Apr 2017 | posted in: Press Release | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

More than a decade after Walmart pledged to become an environmental leader, the company’s climate emissions continue to rise, according to data released today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). ILSR found that Walmart has scaled back its renewable power projects in the U.S. The amount of renewable energy the company derives from its clean energy projects and special purchases fell by 16% since 2013.… Read More

Letter from Leading Environmentalists Calling for Change at Walmart

Date: 13 Nov 2013 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We are writing today as leaders of some of the nation’s leading environmental organizations. We are coming together to demand real changes from Walmart – whose greenhouse gas emissions continue to exceed those of many countries. Despite its recent PR events on renewable energy, the truth is that Walmart lags far behind many other retailers in … Read More

New Report Reveals Walmart’s Climate Impact

Date: 13 Nov 2013 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Today, ILSR issued a report on Walmart’s rapidly expanding climate pollution and joined with leading environmental organizations in calling for change. The new report, Walmart’s Assault on the Climate: The Truth Behind One of the Biggest Climate Polluters and Slickest Greenwashers in America, finds: Nearly a decade after launching its sustainability campaign, Walmart’s greenhouse gas emissions … Read More

Retail Sprawl Impairing Nation’s Waterways

Date: 1 Sep 2003 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

As big box stores and chain retailers consume more and more undeveloped land, polluted runoff from their parking lots is placing an ever greater burden on the nation’s rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. Storm water control measures and filtration systems produce only modest improvement, according to experts. A better solution is to channel commerce back into compact downtowns and neighborhood business districts, which are far less polluting. … Read More