Yielding to Ideology Over Science : Why don't environmentalists celebrate modern farming on Earth Day? - Reason Magazine

Why don't environmentalists celebrate modern farming on Earth Day?

It’s So Expensive Being Green » The Foundry

It’s so expensive being green,
Having to pay for all the things big government needs,
When I think it could be nicer not being taxed,
for energy, or my car, or my home’s heating, things like that...

Morning Bell: Free Markets Better for Earth » The Foundry

[Bryan Leland nails it] So, to my knowledge, carbon trading is the only commodity trading where it is impossible to establish with reasonable accuracy how much is being bought and sold, where the commodity that is traded is invisible and can perform no useful purpose for the purchaser, and where both parties benefit if the quantities traded have been exaggerated. … It is, therefore, an open invitation to fraud and that is exactly what is happening all over the world.

Green Ink: Hybrid Hummers, Wal-Mart’s Solar Bet, and Offsets Explained - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Sen. John McCain rails against the Obama cap-and-trade plan to auction off 100% of the permits, at Fox News, and the question of how to allocate the permits is vexing House Republicans. Not that it affects the impact on consumers [?!], but never mind.

Schwarzenegger Praises Green Hummer | Autopia from Wired.com

Raser VP Jim Spellman said the H3 will deliver 100 mpg and 40 miles of all-electric range. Electricity is the only thing driving the wheels, which are propelled by a 200-kilowatt AC induction motor. The 2.0-liter turbocharged engine drives a 100-kilowatt generator that recharges the three lithium-ion battery packs as they approach depletion. All told, the batteries have a combined capacity of 40 kilowatt-hours.

Wal-Mart to double amount of solar energy use [soon, maybe only 249 out of every 250 Wal-Mart buildings will lack solar panels?]

Wal-Mart plans to announce for Earth Day on Wednesday that it will as much as double the size of its solar-power initiative in the next 18 months by putting rooftop solar arrays on 10 to 20 stores and distribution centers in California. The retail giant early this month finished installing solar setups at 18 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores and two warehouses in California and Hawaii.

"(Wal-Mart) is something of a bellwether," says analyst Nat Bullard of New Energy Finance.

WalMart Company Profile - NYJobSource.com

As of May 2008, Wal-Mart had the following store count:

Retail Units Worldwide 7,343