We need to ask ourselves why the United States uses almost twice the energy that Japan does per $1,000 GDP. Or why do we spend more energy to produce a ton of cement than Canada, China or Mexico?
Peter Lehner | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York
While world leaders gather in Copenhagen to address climate change on a global scale, here at home, New York tackled the number one contributor to its own carbon footprint -- its buildings.
Steven Cohen | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
It is in NYC's buildings that the real impact of sustainability policy will be felt. As our homes and businesses are weatherized and our old appliances are replaced by energy efficient models, the sentiments of Copenhagen become a reality.
Posted 12.14.2009 | Business
Last year, JWT trendspotter Ann Mack predicted a number of words she expected to enter the 2009 lexicon -- and some were more successful than others....
Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green
Using his executive authority, President Barack Obama can instruct power plants to slash emissions and order new efficiency standards to cut the energy used by consumer and commercial appliances.
Anne Hill | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
It's a new idea for me, but I'm willing to consider that choosing efficiency over love might be a foolish move. Relationships don't work without some compromise.
washingtonpost.com | Anthony Faiola | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
Nuclear power -- long considered environmentally hazardous -- is emerging as perhaps the world's most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the...
AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing...
AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas launched a new energy efficiency program Tuesday to make low-interest loans available to several thousand home owners and ...
Grist | Joseph Romm | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
In her upcoming book Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin made a slew of false charges concerning clean energy legislation....
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
Only 30 percent of Americans say global warming should be a top priority for Congress and the President. Activists need to lose the graphics and get back to the basics: the facts.
Jack Hidary | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York
Let's see if our dysfunctional state system can pass a bill that helps us all or whether we are doomed to be left behind as the rest of the country benefits from the new energy economy.
John Petro | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
What New Yorkers need, especially those in outer boroughs suffering from the housing crash, is a way to channel investment to make green improvements to their homes and businesses.
Leslie Weise | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver
There are many obstacles to transition our dependency on traditional fossil fuels to cleaner energy solutions, and Ritter has demonstrated the courage to confront those obstacles.
inhabitat.com | Bridgette Meinhold | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact...
William S. Becker | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
A new study commissioned by World Wildlife Fund International identified 24 critical resources and industries the world will need to develop quickly to avoid climate catastrophe.
Bernie Bulkin | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
In the well known McKinsey/Wattenfall study on greenhouse gas emissions, almost all the most cost effective measures were efficiency, and virtually all efficiency measures had a negative cost.
Jamie Starr | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver
Once rolled out, the training program could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, reduce energy costs by $3.5 billion per year, and save 500 million barrels of oil annually.
nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
A campaign to unplug things from neon beer signs to extra refrigerators helped the pub cut its electricity bill by about 35 percent in 2008, according...
Steven Chu | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
Long before I learned about the risks of climate change, I was fanatical about energy efficiency because I'm cheap. We want to help millions of families seize the same opportunity to cut their utility bills.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
The bill ensures the vast majority of allowances go to helping consumers, providing a level playing field for energy intensive industries, deploying low-carbon technologies, and preventing deforestation.
Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green
What is the 2030 Challenge and why should we care about residential energy codes? Architecture 2030 is an organization dedicated to reducing the envi...
Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver
In May of this year, I left my post as an associate at a large international law firm to stake my claim in the Wild West of Colorado's clean energy economy.
MSN Money | Teresa Mears | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
If you live in an older neighborhood in most cities, you can hang your wet clothes out to dry with impunity. But if, like 60 million Americans, you li...
Bill Chameides | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
In the 1950s the average American consumed roughly 2,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year; today that number has grown to roughly 13,800 kilowatt-hours per year.
James C. Davis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business