GreenBiz Editors

Honda plans to take advantage of rail service to ship more than 80 percent of its Honda and Acura cars across the U.S., the automaker said Thursday. The company has deployed 400 Auto-Max railcars across the U.S., with each capable of holding up to 22 vehicles. Read More

Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said Wednesday. All new construction will incorporate green building principles. Read More

A report on patents related to "climate-ready" crops looks at which companies are filing the patents and how such crops, while providing food in extreme conditions, could hurt certain countries and people. Read More

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps filed a lawsuit this week against several competing personal care brands alleging the companies, such as Estee Lauder, Juice Organics and Stella McCartney CARE, are misleading consumers with false organic labeling. Read More

Anita Roddick plays many roles. She is an entrepreneur, a human rights activist, an environmentalist and an animal rights crusader. She is a wife, a mother and grandmother, a philanthropist, an author and, sometimes, an in-your-face rabble-rouser. She is also a businesswoman with a heart -- and glad of it. By Katie Sosnowchik. Read More

More programs, more money: Here's a look at the kind of incentives available and how the programs work. By David Kozlowski. Read More

The legendary outdoor apparel maker wants to lead the business world to sustainability, even as it strives to do so internally. On that quest, the company has learned some Zen-like lessons, not the least of which is, always be true to your mission, and the journey can bring great rewards. By Richard Fleming. Read More

Wheelabrator Technologies will mark a significant achievement in the nation's waste-to-energy industry: the conversion of 100 million tons of municipal solid waste into energy since 1975. Wheelabrator also recently celebrated 10 years of operation for its two Broward County, Fla., waste-to-energy facilities which opened in 1991. Read More

ENS) – The Commonwealth's largest department, biggest user of energy, and major emitter of greenhouse gases, The Department of Defence, has joined the Greenhouse Challenge, a voluntary government program to limit emissions. Read More

Reuters) – A Canadian mining industry group said on Friday it expects smelters, which regularly release large amounts of toxic waste into the air, would meet voluntary goals to sharply reduce emissions within the decade. Read More