Laura Scudders, a brand born during the Depression Era, used to claim its potato chips were the "noisiest chips in the world." These days, to hear some consumers tell it, SunChips are breaking the sound barrier with new packaging that is eco-friendly but creates a din when handled. Read More

Anywhere you go to cool off this summer you will likely find a sea of vinyl accessories like inflatable tubes and beach balls. Although intended to keep children safe and happy in the water, they are not made of the safest materials for human health. Read More

Environmental refugees could increase from 50 million by 2011 to 1 billion by 2050, and director Michael Nash gives us a glimpse of the human face of climate change in his new documentary, Climate Refugees. Read More

In a memorandum sent today to all EPA employees, Lisa P. Jackson laid out the agency's most pressing international priorities, with e-waste exports highlighted alongside climate change and clean water as the biggest challenges. Read More

Dumping used plastic bottles in landfills can sometimes be better for the environment than recycling them, a controversial report claims. Read More

Bright Automotive, spun off from Rocky Mountain Institute in 2008, now has bragging rights as the first investment of GM Ventures, LLC. The $5 million investment by the auto giant couldn’t have come at a better time, providing a solid shot in the arm to drive the company’s 100-mpg plug-in hybrid electric fleet vehicle, the IDEA, into mass production. Read More

It is hard to build sustainability thinking into a mega-brand’s DNA, but it is infinitely harder to help a multinational company figure out how to connect with their customers and influence behavior. The conventional wisdom that it is hard to change consumer behavior, however, might not be as true today as perhaps it once was.   Read More

While helping the outdoor industry develop a green rating system for products, the company has announced plans to expand its own Green Index to cover its entire footwear line by the end of 2012. Read More

A new manufacturing plant for Shearer's Foods Inc., the maker of kettle and tortilla chips and more, is the first snack food factory to earn LEED-Platinum certification, the U.S. Green Building Council's high level of recognition.   Read More

The Asia Pacific headquarters for Eaton Corporation has earned LEED-Gold certification for commercial interiors and is the largest facility in China to attain green building endorsement for that standard. Read More