A Sustainable Walmart…

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Check out the Corporate Responsibility Report by Walmart for 2012. http://www.walmartstores.com/sites/responsibility-report/2012/pdf/wmt_2012_grr.pdf This is very impressive. It not only includes such things as Energy and Carbon Footprint from all of Walmart’s stores, it also addresses the impact of the products and foods from suppliers and how sustainable they are. Walmart’s goals of renewable energy are pretty impressive, but they step up and state the long-term obvious: the long-term goal is 100% renewable energy. They are moving toward…

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Rising ocean acidity tips delicate balance | TBO.com

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Rising ocean acidity tips delicate balance | TBO.com: There are lots of reasons to be concerned about rising ocean acidity. If it kills one year’s generation of oysters, that is disquieting. If it starts to kill of the next year, and the next year, that is a disaster. The kill off of the ocean reefs, pretty much world-wide, is in part because of ocean acidifciation. An estimate of 10% of ocean reefs are dead with…

Why the Mail on Sunday was wrong to claim global warming has stopped… Ice cold debate

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Why the Mail on Sunday was wrong to claim global warming has stopped | Environment | guardian.co.uk: The Guardian comes back with a strong argument against the David Rose article in the Daily Mail on Oct 20, 2012.  David argues that there has been only a very small increase in global surface temperatures for the 16 years ending in 2011. Not as much, certainly, as expected, by forecasts. First, no one anywhere can deny climate…

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The next crisis: Sponging boomers | The Economist

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The next crisis: Sponging boomers | The Economist: The math is ugly. This is a great article that summarized some really big key issues that arise from the generational move of the Boomers into retirement. BoomAge could be the syndrome. Those age 65 or older are expected to consume about $333B more in benefits/services than they paid in taxes. No worries, let’s let our kids and grandkids take care of that bill. And the bad…

In China, an underground luxury hotel | SmartPlanet

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In China, an underground luxury hotel | SmartPlanet: Wow. Don’t know if we should be happy or sad about this resort project. Kind of makes you wonder how and why this massive hole in the ground was constructed as a by product of the need for resources? Good. This should start to make miners think hard about the use of the land when done. The open-pit mines for ore and oil and coal might start…

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Bill Gates Helps Reinvent the Toilet – Earth911.com – Poo Power

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Bill Gates Helps Reinvent the Toilet – Earth911.com: I know what you’re thinking, when you contemplate the power of poo. You’re thinking about Winnie the Pooh. Right.  “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” Winnie famously said… Talking about going out and making a difference. Apparently the same can be said for poo. We need to take new and better…