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We don’t know why we’re feeling especially green this weekend, but we were tickled when we came across news that Safeway, the nation’s third-largest grocer, announced that it will convert its entire fleet of trucks to run on biodiesel. This will reduce Safeway’s carbon emissions by 75 millions pounds each year.

The move is just another step in the grocery chain’s full-scale initiative that executives call their “green energy tree.” The program includes recycling, energy efficiency, and using sustainable sources of fuel like solar power in stores and now, biodiesel based on soy in their 1,000 trucks.

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