Environmental
Aug. 14, 2009
The Wal-Mart Lesson
A ruling against a Wal-Mart environmental impact report was unprecedented, but shouldn't have come as a surprise, writes Jeffrey M. Judd.
On May 14, Wal-Mart's plans to build a "Supercenter" near Joshua Tree National Forest were put on hold when - for the first time ever - a California Superior Court ruled that the environmental impact report inadequately assessed the effect of project-generated greenhouse gases. The Wal-Mart ruling demonstrates how pervasive global climate issues have become and provides a timely lesson on the analysis of project-generated ...
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