Green Business

TVA Sheepishly Investing In Renewables Now

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green


JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — In the face of looming legislative pressures for cleaner energy, the nation's largest public utility agreed Thursday to bu...

Carbon-Neutral Phoenix Could Be On The Way (VIDEO)

Newsweek | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to make his city America's first carbon-neutral city. The stimulus money is flowing and he says that bum economy or no...

Renewable Energy Minimums Would Provide Lasting Jobs

solveclimate.com | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


Several bills are being discussed in Congress this year that would set the first national renewable electricity standards, requiring utilities to deri...

Good News? Is This Possible?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business


Jonathan A. Schein

The economy is in extremely fragile shape, but there are nuggets of good news as well.

EPA To Clean Up US Port Emissions By 2016

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


NEWARK, N.J. — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency wants to limit emissions along the nation's coastline and within its seaports, ju...

Toshiba, Sharp Solar Deal Could Be Coming

AFP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green


"It is true that we are holding talks on the solar cell business with other companies, including Toshiba," Sharp Corp. spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama sai...

The Power of Collaboration

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Jeffrey B. Swartz

In a perfect world, we'd all have the time and money and resources to be able to run our businesses successfully. Unfortunately we don't live in that world.

Hybrid Wars: Toyota To Sell Two Prius Models

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green


TOKYO — Toyota will continue to sell the current Prius when the revamped version goes on sale in May in an unusual move likely to help the top-s...

Top 10 Greenwashers: What They Don't Want You To Know

WebEcoist | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green


As the green movement sweeps the globe, companies, trade groups and government organizations are eager to get a piece of the pie. 'Green' can definite...

Who's Buying Organic Foods Companies? (CHARTS)

Phil Howard | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green


The development of the USDA National Organic Standard in place of differing state/regional standards was widely predicted to accelerate trends of incr...

EPA Halting Ineffective "Green Club" For Businesses

AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is closing a program that drew complaints from environmentalists for cutting back on company in...

Van Jones: Obama's Green Jobs "Handyman"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green


Since the drafting of Van Jones to the Obama administration, people have wondered what exactly his job will be and what it will mean for the future of...

The Recession Could Kill Recycling

US News and World Report | Amanda Ruggeri | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green


Sustainability may be the new buzzword, but one of its most well-established routes--and an industry that has, against all odds, trained millions of A...

Greenhouse Gas Reports Could Be Required Of Businesses

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The federal government wants to require companies for the first time to disclose the amount of greenhouse gases they're releasing i...

Geothermal Energy's Bright Future

triplepundit.com | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green


Gaining steam (pun intended) in the geothermal world is a process called enhanced geothermal systems, in which a heat transfer fluid is heated directl...

Dan Beard, The Efficiency Bureaucrat Republicans Love To Hate

politico.com | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green


Since coming to the Capitol, Beard has quickly become the bureaucrat that Republicans love to hate, whether it's re-engineering the House cafeterias, ...

Ford To Get Greener: "We Really Have Lost A Generation" (VIDEO)

wsj.com | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green


Ford CEO Alan Mulally says that his company is going to turn it all around to get with the times -- but will it be soon enough? A humbled Mulally spok...

Eric Schmidt: "Green Energy Done Right Is More Profitable Than Old Energy"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green


Green vs. greenbacks. It's a balance we've been told we have to accept. But somebody who knows a lot more about making greenbacks than the vast major...

The Green Bubble: Why Cleantech Won't Burst Like Housing Did

businessinsider.com | Jay Yarow | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green


The billions he's pouring into the new energy programs will help lift, and in some cases, create whole new industries. But will his programs replace o...

Bike-Powered Business Booming In Portland

Wend Magazine | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green


"I think the recent explosion in biking is both a return on our communities' investments in encouragement programs and infrastructure - bike lanes, pa...

How Is Green Business Doing Today?

Richard Seireeni | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business


Richard Seireeni

Out with the old. In with the new and the green. Damn the torpedoes. Full green ahead.

"24" Goes Green

New York Times | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment


When a dark-colored S.U.V. raced through the streets of Washington, flipped over and burst into flames on Fox's fast-paced action show "24" last week...

Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — The factory where laid-off workers staged a highly publicized sit-in that garnered national attention last year was sold to a Californ...

3 Ways Text-Messaging Can Reduce Your Impact

Ideal Bite | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green


Wanna Try? * Bon Appetit Eat Low Carbon Diet Calculator - check out this site for a particular food's carbon rating and lower-carbon alternatives...

Solar Power Vs. The Delicate Desert Ecosystem

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green


There's never enough of one thing: moderation. With the green light for green energy should come a warning -- there's a catch to everything. With el...