Optional Hotel Housekeeping: Radical Concept or Great Idea?

When you offer travelers something they like over and over, or just about anything repeatedly, they will come to expect it. That's certainly been the case with towel and linen reuse programs. Will the day will come when guests also expect to have the option to opt out of housekeeping entirely -- and be rewarded for it. Read More

Quote for Sept. 23, 2010: Robert Millikan, Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1923

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." -- Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and Nobel laureate, 1923. Read More

Quote for Sept. 22, 2010: Lord Kelvin, 1895

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord William Thomson Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist, president of the British Royal Society, 1895.   Read More

EPEAT Continues Its Expansion Around the Globe

The latest report from the Green Electronics Council shows rapid growth in participation and purchases for its certification scheme, with almost 32 million EPEAT-certified electronics sold outside the U.S. since August 2009. Read More

Sprinting Toward Sustainability with CEO Dan Hesse

The head of the country's third-largest cell phone provider has taken green to heart, and is making the business case for green initiatives from energy efficiency to minimal packaging. Read More

Yahoo Spreads its Wings with 'Chicken Coop' Data Center

The company's next-generation facility is modeled after a chicken coop design to maximize its ability to use free outside-air cooling. Read More

Coconut Husks Find New Life as Packaging

 Two companies have teamed up to turn some of the 50 million coconuts that fall every year into reusable packaging. Read More

10 Themes Driving Climate Change Investments

Despite the rocky economy, executives from around the world are anticipating a big upswing in how climate change will impact their firms' operations. Here is what's behind their climate strategies. Read More

Why We Need CCS — at Any Cost

Policy makers and thinkers of all varieties around the world these days are grappling with the design of smart, efficient policy; the challenge ahead of them is daunting. Energy demand is rising, especially in developing countries, while at the same time scientists tell us we must dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions or face catastrophic climate change events. Read More

Now is the Time to Create Climate Wealth

ClimateWeekNY?C is a tremendous opportunity for us to convene as a community and identify the best path for a transition towards a low-carbon economy. By expanding our efforts to focus on new financial and economic tools we can capitalize on the largest wealth creation opportunity of our lifetime. Read More