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While recycling markets are drying up, the Florida-based company is opening up a new recycling stream for some items you won't find in curbside collection bins. Read More

We've heard a lot of talk recently about improving aircraft sustainability, but Shangri-La Construction is taking the aircraft industry to a new level of green-ness with the world's most sustainable aircraft hangar. Read More

As the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart has long been a powerful force in the global economy -- a bully, its critics would say. These days, though, the company is winning praise for using its leverage -- that's a polite term for bullying -- to protect the environment and help the poor. Read More

For years it has been quietly stated by knowledgeable professionals that green buildings will attain competitive superiority in a down market where there is a flight to quality. That time has arrived, says green building finance expert Dan Winters. Read More

The third Bioplastics Awards were announced this week, recognizing compostable salad bags, candy packaging and replacements for foam packaging. Read More

When it goes online in 2010, Florida Power & Light Company's hybrid plant will also be the second largest solar energy facility in the world and is expected to provide 75 megawatts of solar thermal capacity while directly displacing fossil fuel use, the utility said. Read More

According to researchers at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, green roofs are more than just eye candy—they can also reduce building temperature, serve as insulation, and reduce noise pollution. Read More

Will consumers choose a "green" gas station over a regular one? New Hampshire's Simply Green gas station and "congreenience" store is banking on it. Customers can choose between two types of biofuels—5 percent and 10 percent blends. Both biofuels can fill up a car tank that does not have a converted engine. Consumers can also buy gasoline made with 10 percent ethanol. Read More

Media hype aside, sustainability as a corporate strategy is still suspect in some arenas. When change-resistant companies begin hearing green ideas, they start seeing red flags. Until we can sell sustainability in a conservative culture, we will miss a chance for real change. So where do we begin? Read More

Yesterday, the Broadway theater community in New York announced the launch of "Broadway Goes Green", an initiative designed to reduce the theater district's carbon footprint and foster the development of sustainable practices. Read More