48 Eco-Friendly Innovations in the 48 Years Since Earth Day Began

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Walmart sustainability at 10: An assessment

It’s been 10 years since the behemoth from Bentonville launched is sustainability quest. So, how’s it doing?

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Walmart sustainability at 10: An assessment

What’s the secret sauce for EDF’s Climate Corps?

In the four years since the program started, EDF Climate Corps fellows have found an average of $1 million in energy savings for their host organizations.

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Lessons Starbucks learned in building a sustainable supply chain

Eight years since the launch of its Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) Practices commitment, Starbucks is ready to share some of the lessons its learned along the way to greener supply chains.

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Nuclear Waste Piling Up Across US: 138 Million Pounds and Counting

Photo: Topato , Flickr, CC … And nowhere to put it.

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New Uranium Mill May Be Coming to Colorado

Photo via Flickr It’s been 25 years since a new uranium mill has been built in the United States, but that may be about to change if the state of Colorado says yes to an application for the Pinon Ridge plant, to be located about 200 miles west of Denver. The plant would process up to 1,000 tons of uranium ore a day….

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Beef Association’s Beef with EPA

In a harbinger of environmental battles to come, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association filed a petition in the D.C.

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