Steel Giant Commits Big Bucks to Emissions Reduction

India's biggest private sector steel maker, Tata Iron & Steel Co., will spend 2.2 to 2.64 billion rupees (over USD$48 million) until 2006-2007 to help cut energy consumption and emissions, says a company official. Read More

Technology, Systems, and Salients

Brad Allenby explores the social factors affecting technological evolution. Read More

Kraft Foods Partners with Rainforest Alliance on Sustainable Coffee Initiative

Kraft Foods has announced a new partnership with recognized international conservation leader, the Rainforest Alliance, to support the development of sustainable coffee production in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Central America. Read More

What is a formal environmental management system?

Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches. Read More

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Study Points to ‘Bioprospecting’ As Realistic Way to Save Rainforests

A five-year, $3 million study indicates rainforests can be protected if the pharmaceutical industry establishes Third World laboratories and hires local researchers to look for new medicines extracted from plants that evolved defenses against insects. Read More

California Becomes First U.S. State with E-Waste Law

Gov. Gray Davis has signed the California Electronics Waste Recycling Act of 2003, which establishes a management and handling program for cathode ray tubes found in computer monitors and TVs. Read More

Climate Change — A Major Business Opportunity

Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, challenges business to adopt a rational approach to global warming. Read More

Colorado and Coors Build Test Wetland for Wastewater Treatment

The Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and Coors Brewing Company have completed construction of a test wetland at the Coors Brewery in the town of Golden. Read More

Sustainability in Print: Book Publishers Buy Recycled

Publishing has heralded cultural and political revolution for centuries. Now book houses are embarking on a cause of their own. In the U.S., an enterprising assortment of university and boutique imprints have joined forces to make publishing a player in the green business movement. By Avery Yale Kamila Read More

Rolling Stones Pledge Carbon-Neutral U.K. Tour

The Rolling Stones have become the first band to stage an entirely carbon-neutral tour across the U.K. Read More