Energy

A system put in place in 2007 at Alcoa's Jamaican mining operations has saved the company more than $1.5 million in energy costs and cutting fuel use -- reducing emissions and saving energy at the same time. Read More

Increasing capacity per dollar in computer technology has driven exponential growth for 50 years. With a similar organizing principle, the same could happen in the energy industry. Read More

Heavy-duty trucks, the workhorses of commerce, are integral to the supply chain of every business. The movement to reduce their impact on the environment is huge. Here's what a major industry player is doing to help. Read More

The company's latest CSR report downplays its green power purchases and highlights Dell's growing e-waste hauls and improved energy efficiency and performance-per-watt metrics. Read More

Cutting $380 billion in wasteful government spending can also cut our dependence on fossil fuels. Read More

The biggest toy store company in the U.S. outlined an ambitious agenda to open 21 new stores and renovate 23 others by the end of the year. Behind the ballyhooed expansion plans are a series of green building elements for each site. Read More

NASCAR is a 63-year-old, family-run, privately held company that governs America's No.1 spectator sport -- a showcase for fast cars zooming around racetracks. How is it making green work? Read More

The world has come a long way from some of the hippie dreams of the 1970s, although the far-out ideas for creating sustainable spaces to live and work in are rapidly becoming reality. Read More

The electric vehicle manufacturing capacity springing up across the United States are serving as a multipler for creating new jobs -- but public perception hasn't caught up to reality. Here's how to make the sale on EVs' benefits. Read More

From airlines to ski resorts, climate change -- and the world's attempts to address it -- will have big impacts on tourism-dependent industries and regions. Here are five ways the travel business can get out ahead of the changing climate. Read More