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Trader Joes Vows to Cut Back on Single-use Plastic Waste
2019-03-19 13:32:00| Waste Age
A Greenpeace petition that harnessed nearly 100,000 customer signatures prompted the grocer to focus on more sustainable packaging solutions.
Trader Joes: Looks adorable, passes gas like a climate villain
2016-06-27 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Trader Joes is the go-to supplier of bagged almonds and $2 wine to an entire generation of city dwellers. But did you know that Trader Joes is also a stone-cold villain of the greenhouse gas variety? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Trader Joes slacked off so much on refrigerator maintenance that it released a very large quantity of the greenhouse gas R-22 (better known as Freon) into the atmosphere. R-22 is a doozy of a greenhouse gas, with 1,800 times the...
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Trader Joe's to cut greenhouse gases, pay fine in U.S. settlement
2016-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The popular U.S. grocery chain Trader Joe's Co agreed to spend $2 million to reduce refrigerator coolant leaks at 453 stores, to settle federal claims it failed to promptly repair leaks that deplete the ozone layer and contribute to global warming. Trader Joe's also agreed to enter a consent decree and pay a $500,000 civil fine to resolve claims it violated the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday. Regulators said the accord is expected...
Trader Joe's reaches settlement over Clean Air Act violation claims
2016-06-21 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Trader Joes agreed on Tuesday to reduce its stores greenhouse gas emissions and pay a $500,000 penalty to settle claims from the federal government that the grocery chain had violated the Clean Air Act. US officials alleged that the company did not promptly repair leaks of a hydrochlorofluorocarbon that the chain used as a coolant in its stores refrigerators. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons are an ozone-depleting substance and a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. The federal...
Kips Bay Trader Joe's To Open This Summer Ahead of Schedule: Spokeswoman
2016-04-13 23:22:50| Grocery - Topix.net
A Trader Joe's store slated to open up shop in the place of a shuttered supermarket at East 32nd Street and Third Avenue will open this summer, ahead of the previous projected opening date in the fall, according to Alison Mochizuki, a spokeswoman for the chain. Rumors have swirled online about a possible July opening, but Mochizuki did not offer any other specifics except that the store would open ahead of schedule.
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