Decarbonization

By Matthew Wheeland OAKLAND, Calif., July 25, 2007 -- As homes away from home for travelers, hotels are working to improve their environmental impact, even as new studies find that people staying at a hotel often leave their green behaviors at home. Read More

By converting the cooking oil from its 1,200 restaurants in Britain into biodiesel, McDonald's said it could save 1.5 million gallons of gasoline used by its delivery fleet in the U.K. Read More

Cadbury Schweppes announced Saturday a plan to cut its net "absolute" carbon emissions, touting itself as the first United Kingdom food manufacturer to commit to using "absolute" measures in fighting climate change. Read More

As part of its Project Big Green, IBM announced that it will construct an 80,000 square foot data center here using the latest in energy-efficient technologies. Read More

As more and more companies publish sustainability reports, awards and studies of these reports help raise reporting standards. Read More

In 20 years, a new report from SustainAbility predicts, not only will there be new rules for sustaining business success, but the game itself will have undergone profound changes. Read More

IBM's recent billion-dollar Big Green announcement made big news, but data centers are only the beginning. Matthew Wheeland sat down with Peter Williams, Big Green's Chief Technology Officer, to learn more. Read More

Building Green,' the first television series about eco-friendly building techniques and alternatives, will air 13 episodes on PBS to help homeowners discover how easy and healthy it is to go green. Read More

As part of a comprehensive, worldwide effort to reduce energy use in data centers and save companies money, IBM will spend $1 billion per year to implement and create new programs, services and products. Read More

In an announcement to employees today, the News Corp. CEO said that not only would the company become carbon neutral by 2010, but would also weave environmental messages into Fox programming. Read More