Energy Service Companies like Johnson Controls and Ameresco have developed a partnership with utility companies that, through cooperation and competition alike, shows that in the post-Enron world, energy efficiency can be both profitable and beneficial. Read More

A pilot program sending trash from McDonald's restaurants to an incinerator has reduced carbon emissions related to waste disposal by more than 50 percent. Read More

Large companies in sectors from retail to automobiles have taken innovative steps in design, facility management and across operations to reduce the trash they produce to zero. Here's how just about any company can achieve nothingness. Read More

A Modesto, Calif., SunChips plant will turn on a field of solar concentrators later this month, eventually gathering enough heat from the sun to power its chip manufacturing line. Read More

As one of the most common ways to improve their environmental impact, many companies embrace carbon offsets without fully understanding them. What happens to the money spent on offsets, and how does it affect the environment now and in coming years? Read More

If you're an IT pro, though, going green may well be new to you, and you may not know where to begin. So here are five simple ways to get started going green. You'll be surprised how simple it is to get started, and how quickly you'll start seeing results. Read More

A little more than a month after tightening its product safety requirements Toys "R" Us has launched a new line of environmentally friendly toys. Read More

A comparison of similar green (LEED certified or Energy Star labeled) and non-green buildings finds that the greener options are in higher demand, have higher occupancy rates, charge more for rent and sell at higher prices. Read More

Science and technology have led us to our current environmental crisis, and many believe that it also holds the most promising key to getting us out of this predicament. But several new books explore the notion that the rise of 'scientism' can lead to an erosion of personal freedoms. Read More

Credit Suisse and its partners will invest at least $300 million in the renewable energy sector through private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners. Read More