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NYT Obscures Wal-Mart, Environmental Defense Fund Link

Article overlooks green group’s close ties to Walton Family Foundation
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cjr.org What the article didn’t mention is that between 2003 and 2010, the latest year for which tax data are available, the Walton Family Foundation gave the EDF almost $39.5 million—and the funding ramped up around the time Wal-Mart launched its sustainability initiative. In 2009, the foundation’s gift represented roughly …