Green Business

Government Giving The Go Ahead On Stimulus Money For Renewables

nytimes.com | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


The Treasury and the Energy Department today unveiled long-awaited new rules under which the government will pay up to 30 percent of the cost of renew...

4 Hottest Green Jobs

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.08.2009 | Green


One of the quickest ways into a green collar job is through the burgeoning field of green building. ...

If 98% of "Green" Products Greenwash - Which are the 2% that Don't?

Levi Novey | Posted 06.23.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

We shouldn't generalize from a study that had found that 98% of "green" products on the shelves of American supermarkets made false claims.

Want a Healthy Job Market? Invest in Healthy Technologies

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business


Jonathan A. Schein

Two reports conducted by four cooperating groups show that investing in sustainability (energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy retrofits) c...

Greenmailing: When Unhappy Laborers Use Green Causes To Hurt A Company

treehugger.com | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


How Greenmailing Works Now, on the surface, requesting that a company conduct environmental surveys before proceeding with a project seems like a pre...

How Green Is Your Favorite Sport?

Grist | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Grist has decided to take your carbon-based guilt and extend it to one of those few places that serves as a distraction from it: your favorite sport. ...

From Waste To Wonder: Greening Our Schools

GreenBiz | Marc Gunther, June 15, 2009 | Posted 06.17.2009 | Green


About a year and a half ago, Ron Wilcox, the superintendent of schools in Madison County, North Carolina, had a big problem. Electricity bills for the...

Irish Company Going Green To Make US Stimulus Bucks

AP | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


CHICAGO — An Irish company hoping to benefit from the Obama administration's emphasis on renewable energy purchased three Illinois wind farms ne...

Lawmakers: "Nearly Impossible" For Consumers To Tell What's Green

greenbiz.com | GreenBiz StaffPublished June 12, 2009 | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


"It is now nearly impossible for the average consumer to get the information they need to determine whether a product is truly green: how and where th...

How To Make Tastier, Greener Burritos

usnews.com | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green


What was the catalyst for Chipotle to use local foods? Better tasting food. We really believe that fresh ingredients from more sustainable sources ar...

Origin and Destination: Culture Matters

Eve Blossom | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green


Eve Blossom

If we truly want to be sustainable, why stop at environmental, social, and financial sustainability?

Clean-Energy Proposals In Congress Too Weak Says Renewables Industry

Grist | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green


Though they're pleased to see a federal RES moving forward in Congress, leaders in the clean-energy industry say those plans are way too weak. If the...

Google London Removes Employee Trash Cans To Promote Recycling

Mother Nature Network | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green


Google's removal of employee trash cans is an ingenious idea. It costs nothing for a business to remove the item and direct employees to a centralized...

Study: Companies Need To Disclose More Climate Risks

AP | MARK WILLIAMS | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal regulators have not done enough to ensure that shareholders are aware of material risks to companies from greenhouse ga...

Chuck Maniscalco Takes Reins Of Seventh Generation

treehugger.com | Posted 06.02.2009 | Green


Seventh Generation Inc. co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Hollender, who started the green tissue giant in 1988, is transferring power to Chuck Maniscalco, a...

Cleantech Startups Getting The Green Light

Los Angeles Times | Dan Fost | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green


Today, thanks to Kleiner's $6-million investment, Chatterjee unveils his latest start-up, Hara, which monitors and manages companies' water and energy...

EPA: Recession Won't Stop Clean Energy Revolution

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green


PARIS — The top U.S. environment official says it's time for the United States to shed its energy-wasting image and lead the world race for clea...

Is Whole Foods Market Just Another Evil Corporation?

Christiana Wyly | Posted 05.28.2009 | New York


Christiana Wyly

Whether history decides that WFM's stance against unions is wise or misguided, this single issue hardly outweighs the tremendous good that it has done for the culture of sustainability.

Local Developer With National Implications

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business


Jonathan A. Schein

Much has been made of how green and sustainable standards are being incorporated into all aspects of new real estate development--whether commercial, ...

GE: Our Green Decisions Are Increasing Our Profits

AP | Posted 05.27.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Industrial conglomerate General Electric Co. says it has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions and is making a growing amount of mon...

Global Business Urges Countries To Cut Greenhouse Gases

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.26.2009 | Green


COPENHAGEN — Global business leaders added momentum to prospects for a new U.N. climate treaty by agreeing Tuesday that the world must cut green...

New York's Green Business Competition

Christiana Wyly | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Christiana Wyly

Last week I found myself in Brooklyn's Borough Hall sitting behind the courtroom podium, watching passionate young entrepreneurs present their world-c...

Making Sure Green Jobs are Good Jobs

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green


Edwin D. Hill

A job in the new green energy economy can't just be another dead-end "McJob" that keeps our economy stuck in the past.

Market for Green Goods for Babies is Booming

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Want to make millions with the environmental movement? Target junior. The market for green goods is booming in the baby arena, and the trend makes sen...

Roots and Shoots

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.19.2009 | Business


Jonathan A. Schein

The economy's woes are well documented at this point, and many are looking for solutions and a way out of this morass. There has been an overwhelming ...