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Who cares about the war against the environment? Amory Lovins is convinced capitalism will clean up after itself. By Damien Cave. Read More

Hot on the heels of Tiger Woods’ record Masters win, a golf ball manufacturer has a historic shot of its own lined up on the green. Read More

Catching the green building wave back in the mid-1990s, the United States Postal Service has dotted the landscape with some pretty innovative buildings. But it’s not stopping with a few showcase projects. The Postal Service is making good environmental design the standard for the 500 to 600 buildings it erects each year. Read More

It doesn’t look good for cropland. Cars are chewing up valuable acres at a faster clip each year, leaving agriculture less land on which to grow. Something has to give. Read More

ENS) – Engineers are finding innovative uses for London's rising groundwaters, including filling lakes at Buckingham Palace. Read More

AP) – Brazilians don't pay deposits on containers, rarely separate their trash and think little of tossing an empty soda can from a car window. "Please Don't Litter" signs are roundly ignored. Yet Brazil is poised to catch up with Japan as a leader among the world's biggest countries in recycling aluminum cans. Read More

Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague. Read More

The London Heathrow Marriott has announced that its new combined heat and power plant will be carbon neutral, the company's first ever such initiative. Read More

ENS) – Skiers have a choice this winter between truly environmentally friendly resorts and those whose "green" practices are more of a snow job. A coalition of grassroots conservation groups on Wednesday released a "scorecard" report that grades commercial ski areas throughout the west on a host of environmental criteria. Read More

Multinationals are becoming more transparent but fail to address major environmental and social impacts, according to a new report. Read More