Policy

The recently formed Climate Leadership Council has signed big founding backers like General Motors, PepsiCo and ExxonMobil in its bid to advance a "carbon dividend" model. Read More

It cost $70 million per mile to replace the Rockaway Beach dunes and walkway destroyed by Superstorm Sandy five years ago, a project emblematic of forward-thinking coastal development. Read More

The private sector is eager to help address the challenges of rapid urbanization. Here's how the United Nations Global Compact is helping inspire collaboration with cities and community governments. Read More

A new incubator from the Arizona State University and the city of Phoenix finds ways for both public and private organizations to overhaul waste. Read More

From Hawaii's Molokai to Samso, Denmark, islands are becoming a hotbed for experimentation with renewable energy, waste reduction and water conservation. Read More

The North American company has sold at least 400 buses to Seattle, Dallas, Nashville and several dozen other U.S. cities. Read More

The unlikely story of how businesses backed the state's emissions reduction policies. Will they follow the same playbook for U.S. and global policies? Read More

Swedish vehicle manufacturer focuses on air quality as it unveils a host of new green bus, truck and construction machinery prototypes. Read More

Architects, artists, planners, designers and ecologists discuss the five anchors that will pull nature into urban environments. Read More

How will ever-expanding global megacities cope with soaring levels of solid waste? Read More