It all sounds nice and crunchy on the surface, but Whole Foods might soon find itself picketed the same way Wal-Mart is, but instead of unions it'll be environmentalists.

It was recently reported that Whole Foods will be going greener than its produce section with its plans to start using wind energy for 100 percent of its electricity needs. It will buy 458,000 megawatt-hours of energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy in Boulder, Colorado, which will in turn ensure that amount of wind power gets put on the utility grid. It all sounds nice and crunchy on the surface, but Whole Foods might soon find itself picketed the same way Wal-Mart is, but instead of unions it'll be environmentalists. Turns out there is a national group conveniently called National... [continue via Web link]

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