Wal-mart moves toward the Energy Green Zone

There are a lot of reason's to NOT like Wal-Mart. But the environmental community is taking notice of Wal-mart's CEO, Lee Scott recently. Wal-mart is a giant with tremendous leverage in the market place and Lee Scott wants to move Wal-mart into the energy green zone.

In October, Scott announced a preposterously ambitious goal to transform Wal-Mart into a company that runs on 100 percent renewable energy and produces zero waste. Since then, he has impressed greens with specific commitments to cut the corporation's greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent over the next seven years, double the fuel efficiency of its truck fleet within 10 years, reduce solid waste from U.S. stores by 25 percent in the next three years, and double offerings of organic foods this spring, selling them at prices more affordable to the masses.

This will really help our planet. This is something to be excited about!