84 Lumber Co. to Phase Out Endangered Wood

84 Lumber Company, the nation's fourth-largest supplier of building materials, said Thursday it will phase out sales of products from endangered forests by the end of 2003. Read More

Guidance Manual Accounting and Financial Reporting for Environmental Costs and Liabilities

The United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) has published a manual to inform and give guidance on environmental accounting issues. Read More

Denmark Might Tax Packaging by Green Impacts

In what it claims to be a world first, the Danish environmental protection agency has proposed setting taxes on packaging materials based on their environmental impacts. Read More

Starbucks Backs Rainforest Protection Bean

Putting its money where your mouth is, Starbucks Coffee Co. announced this week that it has committed for a second year to Shade Grown Coffee, a bean grown, harvested, and processed under the auspices of Conservation International, a field-based organization that aims to protect earth's biologically rich areas and help local populations to improve their quality of life. Read More

Dell Japan Launches PC Recycling Program

Dell Computer in Japan last Wednesday launched a service to recycle corporate clients’ old computers, sparing the environment the toxic runoff associated with dumping such hardware into landfills. Read More

Poplar Trees Could Reduce Water Pollution

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are studying the use of fast-growing poplar trees as an inexpensive tool to reduce water pollution. Read More

Toyota Presses Suppliers to Go Green

Putting environmental leadership into overdrive, Toyota has released a set of green guidelines the company says it wants its North American suppliers to implement by 2004. The plan affects approximately 500 suppliers who provide parts, materials, and components directly or indirectly to the automaker. Read More

The Eschatology of Technology and Environment

What kind of Earth do we humans want to design? Read More

Researchers Take Wraps off Biodegradable Wax Paper

Petroleum-based wax paper, watch out: there's a slick new game in town, and it could be better for the environment. Researchers have developed a way to make an eco-friendly bio-based version of the kitchen and food-industry staple. Read More

Toyota Prius Tops Among Gasoline-Powered Cars

With dealers now taking orders for Toyota's hybrid gasoline-electric Prius, North American consumers can purchase an environmentally friendly, affordable and practical sedan. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), publisher of the Green Book, announced Tuesday that the Prius received its highest rating for a gasoline-powered vehicle. Read More