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The article focuses on retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s president and CEO Lee Scott, who recently announced that his company is going green. Scott promised to raise the efficiency of the company's fleet of trucks by 25 percent and to reduce solid-waste production at its U.S. stores by the same amount over the next three years. He pledged to lower greenhouse-gas emissions at U.S. outlets by 20 percent over the next seven years. However, even the greenest big-box store is still hard on the environment, and Wal-Mart has a lot of big-box stores. The asphalt surrounding a 250,000-square-foot superstore produces 413,000 gallons of contaminated stormwater runoff for every inch of rain.

This article discusses the possibility that U.S. President Barack Obama's efforts to invest in sustainable development for the U.S. will contribute to the rebuilding of the economy. The recommendations of the Save Our Environment Action Center in the development of economic stimulus programs that are environmentally responsible are addressed. The relationship between this plan and the Sierra Club Climate Recovery Action Plan is explored.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Hall of Fame," "Green Streets" and "Leave No Child Inside," in the July/August 2006 issue.