U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation to establish a Green Bank as a tax-exempt wholly owned corporation of the United States that would provide a range of financing support to clean energy and energy efficiency projects in the country. Read More

The Accenture Intelligent City Network will help cities and utilities share information and experiences for developing and implementing smart grid technologies. Read More

Ever wonder how a wunderkind made it big time? Now you can take a page -- literally -- from Tom Szaky's "Revolution in a Bottle" and put the ideas to work in your business. Amie Vaccaro lists 10 tips gleaned from the book by the cofounder and CEO of TerraCycle Inc. Read More

Although using plastic poster billboards instead of paper might not seem like a greener move, the new plastic posters in use are more recyclable, weigh less and last longer. Read More

In developing a rating for fast food companies based on their overall environmental sustainability, has Greenopia stepped into a big pile of redundancy? Read More

In an earlier blog, Robert Pojasek spoke about environmental sustainability as an oxymoron. The "Google recognition index" registers more than 3,240,000 hits for environmental sustainability. "One has to wonder if the term sustainability is becoming a cliche," Pojasek now writes. "It is being applied to so many terms that it is in danger of becoming meaningless." Read More

Long-term sustainable growth is important to building a successful company. In Part 3 of her four-part series "Growing a Green Corporation: Meeting the Next Great Disruptive Challenge of the 21st Century" Brandi McManus looks at different strategies for investing in sustainability. Read More

How can we aim our economy in the right direction if we don't know where we are? Read More

Tap water requires a whole lot less energy than bottled water. No big surprise there. But within the world of bottled water, modes of transportation and distance can cause one bottle's energy footprint to be much bigger than another's. Read More

A secretion that protects hippos from the sun also keeps insects and microorganisms away, and could be an inspiration for multi-purpose sunblocks. Read More