Energy and Environment

Trader Joe’s to spend $2M reducing greenhouse gas emissions

By Maria Biery
Published June 21, 2016 4:57pm ET
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Trader Joe’s to spend $2M reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Trader Joe's to fix leaky refrigeration equipment in settlement with EPA and Justice Department. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) | Michael Dwyer

Trader Joe’s agreed Tuesday to spend $2 million to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

The Department of Justice and the EPA had charged the popular grocery chain with violating the Clean Air Act because of leaky refrigeration equipment.

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