Wal-Mart to Settle Lawsuits by Going Solar

[wtmusic]

"With an ambitious goal of being 100-percent renewable-powered, Wal-Mart wants to be a green company — but apparently on its own terms. The company has been fighting for more than two years against a pair of lawsuits that demanded that two planned stores get greener. The Center for Biological Diversity and a handful of other groups filed lawsuits against the California cities of Yucca Valley and Perris, contending that two Wal-Mart Supercenters, if built as planned and approved by the cities, would violate California’s greenhouse gas emissions standards under the California Environmental Quality Act.

After years of litigation, Wal-Mart finally decided to bury the hatchet by settling. And the settlement bodes well for environmentalists. In order to set things right, the infamous supermarket chain must add three rooftop solar power systems at least 250 kilowatts in size, install efficient heating and cooling systems, as well as LED lighting at the two new stores, and donate $120,000 to the Mojave Desert Land Trust — a group trying to expand Joshua Tree National Park."

http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/news/wal-mart-to-settle-lawsuits-by-going-solar/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+residential-solar+%28Residential+Solar+Power+Blog%29

[azul]

1. Yay

Next they will have plug-ins for rv'ers golf carts to buzz around town in while camping in the parking lots.

[NNadir]

2. Walmart a "green company?" Only in Amory Lovins paid off greenwashing imagination.

Here is Walmart "Green":

[joshcryer]

3. Pretty much.

[Kain4213]

4. Walmart Garbage Canoe

Hey at least walmart provides a nifty canoe like enclosure.

[tinrobot]

5. Wal-Mart uses solar power to sell cheap plastic disposable crap.

Why am I not impressed?

[w4rma]

6. So they settle by saving themselves money. (nt)