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When a meat-based entrée is being served and people are offered a vegetarian alternative, about 5 to 10 percent will request it. But what if the choices were reversed? ...
The first 24 hours of Greenbuild 2009 brought a flurry of announcements, including the latest version of the Living Building Challenge standards, the largest city-sponsored residential solar...
The technologies that made IBM's list of its top five green innovations in the past year -- and what didn't make that list -- highlight the shift that Big Blue is making toward the green. ...
The current Secretary of Energy is also a Nobel Laureate and former physics professor at UC Berkeley, and a self-described 'energy conservation nut.' ...
Though a giant in the buildings and automotive industries, Johnson Controls Inc. was long considered a quiet company — seldom a major presence outside its lines of business. That's changing...
The Green Building Market and Impact Report, released this morning by GreenerBuildings.com, measures the beneficial impacts that LEED-certified buildings have on energy, water, worker productivity...
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Today, President Obama travels to Arcadia, Florida, home to one of the nation’s biggest solar power plants, to announced 100 grants providing a total of $3.4 billion in recovery-act funding...
This analysis of 270 climate and energy policies at the regional, state and national level ranks countries and regions on how desirable investments in those regions' clean technology companies may...
The analysis of 270 climate and energy policies at the regional, state and national level finds that investors in firms in a number of countries are at moderate risk from climate change, while...
A Greenpeace China investigation has found that 18 Chinese and multinational firms are failing to comply with new Chinese environmental laws. ...
It's hard not to be impressed by the people working for the Obama administration on the environment. For the most part, they're smart, well-intentioned, dedicated. Let's hope they can deliver...
The co-founder of Sungevity talks about the drive for climate legislation, the booming market for solar power systems, and whether it can bring renewables to the masses, one roof at a time. ...
In what is rapidly becoming the trend of the moment, Apple has become the latest company to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the Chamber's opposition to climate change legislation. ...
"Green-Collar Jobs: Realizing the Promise," a new study from the Sightline Insitute, takes a close look at how stimulus funding and green collar jobs are already benefiting the Pacific...
While much progress has been made toward developing a smarter grid in the U.S., further strides must still be taken. Leaders from business, utilities and government recapped work so far and mapped...
One million clothes dryers that can receive and transmit signals to the electricity grid will hit the market by late 2011 as part of Whirlpool’s push to make all of its electronically...
Using personalized profiles on software developed by IBM and Consert, a smart grid pilot project allowed businesses and residences cut energy use by anywhere from 15 to 40 percent; IBM also...
A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to...
Does the early bird open a can of worms? Companies have good reason for holding off of emissions-reductions projects -- while other firms have equally good reasons for taking early action on...
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