Although an ambitious global agreement is the optimal outcome, pursuing a sectoral approach could succeed in reducing greenhouse gas emis Read More

Starbucks has completed a test showing its ubiquitous coffee cups can be recycled into new cups, and although only one facility can currently make that happen, Starbucks hopes this and other tests push more recyclers to accept trashed cups. Read More

Now diverting more than two millions pounds of garbage from local landfills, the two Santa Barbara stores have also achieved a goal of making their waste stream "revenue neutral," meaning the combined savings and new revenue streams created by going zero waste are offsetting the cost of handling it. Read More

 Fiji Water announced today it has reopened its bottled water plant in Fiji, originally shuttered on Monday in protest of a government tax hike. Read More

As more and more companies adopt comprehensive software suites to manage their energy and greenhouse gas emissions, there are three market segments with widely different needs, instead of just one -- and plenty of solution providers to meet those needs. Read More

Thinking of writing your first sustainability report? Or want to take yours to the next level? Here is a solid checklist of issues to take into consideration if you are about to embark on a sustainability report. Read More

On the first day of the international climate change negotiations in Mexico, some of the world's largest consumer goods companies threw their collective weight behind efforts to tackle deforestation and to phase out potent greenhouse gases used in refrigeration. Read More

Fiji Water, which ships its bottled water thousands of miles, has shut down its bottled water plant in Fiji over a tax hike that would have increased its payments to the government by 45 times. Read More

The "economy vs. the environment" debate is as old as the environmental movement. Despite holding little explanatory power, the debate survives because the leaders in certain highly-polluting industries do not want to see their profits diminished by stricter regulation. Read More

In the same way that LEED has transformed architectural design to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clean construction is emerging as the next big thing to revolutionize the building industry. Read More