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We say we’re green, but…
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
This was a week of news that really illustrated the push and pull between green ideals and the realities of life here on Planet X.
The Obama Administration put logging jobs ahead of forest preservation with its decision to allow a road into an undisturbed forest in the Tongass National Forest outside of Ketchikan, Alaska. The forest, a watershed and recreation area, had been left alone under a Clinton-era rule that protects “roadless” forests.
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Tags: · Alaska, BarbaraKesslerBlog, battlefield, coal, easy being green, forests, Ketchikan, logging, mountaintop mining, Orange County, Rainforest Action Network, roadless forest, sustainable wood, Tongass National Forest, US Forestry Service, Virginia, Wal-Mart, watershed
Will Wal-Mart’s green efforts get lost in the ‘Wilderness’?
Photo: Mac Wyckoff
From Green Right Now Reports
The Wal-Mart blow back has begun.
A day after the world’s largest retailer announced a plan to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, a Virginia group blasted the company for its plans to build a store on more than 50 acres of historic woodlands at the Civil War-era Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County, Va.
“Perhaps we should call this the Wal-Mart Paradox,” Jim Campi of the Civil War Preservation Trust, said in a statement. “On one hand, they are launching a big, splashy, public relations campaign touting how ‘green’ they want to be. Yet, on the other hand, they continue to move behind the scenes to destroy irreplaceable, historic land, which still retains its scenic beauty.”
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Tags: · Civil War Preservation Trust, Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Wal-Mart, Wilderness Battlefield
Greenpeace issues new guide for choosing recycled personal paper products
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Greenpeace, guardian of oceans and forests, has reissued its Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide to help people make the switch to recycled paper.
The new pocket guide endorses brands such as Green Forest, Earth Friendly, Natural Value and Seventh Generation, which are made of recycled paper. It recommends that shoppers avoid products such as Kleenex, Cottonelle, Charmin, Angel Soft, Bounty, Brawny and the Target and Wal-Mart house brands because they are not made from recycled wood products.
Using recycled personal paper products can make an impressive impact in curbing global warming, according to Greenpeace, among others — far greater than one might suspect from contemplating the lowly roll of toilet paper.
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Tags: · Angel, Bounty, Brawny, Charmin, Cottonelle, Earth Friendly, Green Forest, Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark, Kleenex, Natural Value, paper towels, Seventh Generation, Soft, Target, toilet paper, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart’s next green steps: a green demo store, solar roofs and reduced phosphates in laundry soap
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
Wal-Mart has drawn fire over all sorts of issues through the years, but the company certainly is pushing to be a leader on environmental matters. Just this month, the company announced two green ventures representing serious investment and another initiative that could greatly influence the eco-friendliness of common household products.
First came the announcement that the retailer is following the lead of REI with the opening of its first-ever “Environmental Demonstration Store.”
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Tags: · geothermal heating, phosphates, Photovoltaics, solar roof, Wal-Mart
Peanut butter snack recalls expand
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Food companies producing peanut snacks announced a series of voluntary recalls of their products over the weekend in the wake of a salmonella outbreak that has apparently sickened hundreds and may have contributed to six deaths over the past several months.
The snacks and foods recalled do not include name brand [...]
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Tags: · Austin crackers, Clif Bar, Food and Drug Administration, Kelloggs, peanut butter, peanut snacks, recalls, salmonella, Wal-Mart
Lighting the way: Daylight ‘harvesting systems’ are a bright idea
By Shermakaye Bass
Green Right Now
Harvesting daylight is an ancient trick – as old as the first man-made structure, as old as life on our planet, actually. Using the sunlight provided by nature is the most basic and simple way to illuminate one’s world. But when it comes to modern, sustainable architecture, the idea is relatively young.
 Only in recent times has “daylighting,” as it’s sometimes called, made a blip on the broader green movement’s radar, with industry experts speculating that fewer than 1 percent of all U.S. buildings use natural light in a substantive manner (going beyond windows). The 21st century approach is waaaay more technologically involved than, say, a prehistoric clan setting up its fire pit next to the cave entrance.
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Tags: · Daylighting, Lighting Control & Design, Natural Lighting Company, Phoenix, Solar lighting, Target, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods
Wal-Mart Joins WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network; Announces Responsibility Goals For Jewelry
By Barbara Kessler
Wal-Mart Stores is joining the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN),  World Wildlife Fund’s initiative to save the world’s most valuable and threatened forests. The giant retailer also announced this week that it is moving toward making some of the jewelry it sells meet standards for sustainability and social responsibility.
Both steps are aimed at aiding the environment, with dual goals of assisting wildlife in jeopardized forests, and in the case of the jewelry, mitigating human rights issues in mining operations.
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Tags: · endangered wildlife, forests, sustainable mining, sustainable wood, Wal-Mart, WWF
The Eagles Land at Wal-Mart
With co-founder Don Henley a longtime environmentalist, it was an easy decision by The Eagles to release their new CD Long Road Out of Eden in low-impact packaging. Perhaps not so simple was the band’s choice to sell its first studio album in 28 years exclusively at big box retailer Wal-Mart.
Wal-mart has long been criticized [...]
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Tags: · Music, The Eagles, Wal-Mart
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