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In a move to further emphasize the eco-friendliness of train travel -- and also to outdo recent airline plans to offset carbon emissions -- the train service won't charge customers for the additional costs of offsetting. Read More

Author: Lori Hall Steele A new McDonald's restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, shows that the green-building model can work for the tens of thousands of of fast-food restaurants nationwide. Read More

Green architect Eric Corey Freed answers your questions on sustainable building performance, materials, and design. Read More

In time for Earth Day later this month, the global hotel company is showcasing its commitment to sustainability. Read More

Sustainability assessments and strategic planning can help corporations large and small develop socially and environmentally responsible business practices, improve reputations and increase brand equity. Read More

Personal sustainability practices will help Wal-Mart associates improve their own well-being and the health of the environment. Read More

Brad Allenby writes that business interests have long worked to speed the creation, adoption and dispersal of new technologies into the economy; with the increasing global concern over climate change, they're also encompassing landscapes, biological operations and whole ecological systems, but to what end? Read More

The electronics retail superstore will offer grants to municipal and nonprofit organizations to help them develop new ways for consumers to recycle electronics. Read More

Harnessing the productivity of lean manufacturing -- which emphasizes using the lowest-cost, highest-efficiency practices -- can also dramatically reduce waste and pollution. Here are some benefits of dealing with the '8th Deadly Waste.' Read More

As the world grapples with environmental crises, businesses need holistic leadership to fundamentally reinvent how we approach sustainability. Rick Walker makes the case for the Chief Sustainability Officer. Read More