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February 18, 2013
Back in the day when big box retail started to explode upon the American landscape like a raging economic scrofula, I attended many a town planning board meeting where the pro and con factions faced off over the permitting hurdle. The meetings... Read more
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February 4, 2013
When you think of Walmart, you probably think of cheap Chinese products and labor. But about two-thirds of the money Walmart spends to stock up its U.S. stores now goes for domestic products. That's because, over the last decade, Walmart has moved... Read more
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August 6, 2012
Peering into the politics of the food industry is like getting a peek behind the curtain where the Wizard of Oz is working the controls. Read more
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May 14, 2012
In a joint study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) and Arizona State University found evidence suggesting that a class of antibiotics previously banned by the U.S. government for poultry production is still in use... Read more
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June 25, 2014
Why is Coca-Cola often more affordable than clean water? Why are candy bars and cigarettes often more readily available than fresh fruits and vegetables? Read more
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May 10, 2012
A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran a story on the front page of the business section under the headline "Unexpected Ally Helps Walmart Cut Waste." The retailer's accomplice, readers of the article learned, is the Environmental Defense Fund,... Read more
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May 1, 2012
Wal-mart has long boasted of its "Always Low Prices," but now it has confirmed that it also has "Always low morals." Read more
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April 19, 2012
Is Walmart going green? Mike Duke, the company's CEO, says in a new 126 page report that the company is becoming more sustainable and responsible while "building meaningful, long-term change." Activists disagree. Walmart's "environmental impact... Read more
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April 17, 2012
In response to Walmart's release of its Global Responsibility Report, Food & Water Watch and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) have published the Top 10 Ways Walmart Fails on Sustainability. Since 2005, the country's largest retailer... Read more
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