The international multibillion-dollar behemoth responsible for combining every possible item under one roof announced Monday that it plans to add more to its roofs.
The corporate megahouse that put Arkansas on the map, Walmart, said it will expand its renewable energy by doubling the number of stores nationwide that use solar technology (now 31) to provide some of the store’s electricity.
The announcement follows a 2005 company announcement that set a goal of providing 100 percent of the company’s 8,400 stores electricity from renewable sources.
The problem with that 2005 announcement? It’s missing a timetable.
But the world’s biggest retailer, in its unscathed effort to rule the world and obliterate every mom and pop store in town, clearly sets a precedent for other super-giant retail leaders to follow.
As the store everyone hates to love paves over land with its never-ending parking lot and hands out unsustainable plastic molds and packaging faster than Gators football stars smile for mug shots, we can’t help but applaud the leader for taking the lead.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Walmart is currently No. 2 for running on the renewable energy it produces on site, behind only Kimberly Clark, popular maker of the ever-so-hard-to-reach, tire-sized toilet paper roll in public restrooms.
We’re glad to see corporate powerhouses like Walmart and Kimberly Clark shining one of those spiral, power-saving lightbulbs at the rest of the world as they prove renewable energy is doable.
But we still feel bad shopping there.
