Green Mountain Power, a local electric utility in Vermont, broke ground last year on a two-megawatt solar farm stretching across nearly 10
Los Angeles, the city of angels, is aiming within the next 10 years to become the first big city in America to
When an Iowa corn and soy farmer named Tim Richter took the stage at a big sustainability conference organized last fall by
An industrial project that could devastate the Great Barrier Reef, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a Canadian mine and an American
Hero: Kaiser Permanente Health care conglomerate Kaiser Permanente announced an ambitious clean energy shift in February that will ensure 50 per cent of electricity
Geothermal developers often struggle to make their projects economically viable, while mining companies are finding it increasingly difficult to get social license
There seems no end to our growing appetite for plastic. Global production was up 3.9 per cent in 2013 and demand continues
This article was originally published by The Conversation. It’s no surprise that dirty air kills. In fact, air pollution was recently placed
There’s been rising interest over the past year in entomophagy, which is defined as the consumption of insects as food. In 2013,
Not all forest certification systems are created equal A report released yesterday by ForestEthics shows that a forest certification system called the
When we think of the potential of harnessing biogas, the typical image that comes to mind is capturing methane from landfills or
The global supply chain is a massive game of hot potato. Large companies pass the buck to smaller companies, who pass it
A significant portion of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by major companies still haven’t been measured. We have a pretty good
It’s not a commission in the traditional sense – that is, one established by and in the service of government – but
Congress bites back Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama announced a deal with China to limit greenhouse gases, both chambers
Imagine living in a neighbourhood that houses waste from an oil refinery, an animal processing plant, a steel mill and a plant
Singapore’s parliament unanimously passed a bill in August that will make it a criminal offence for companies to pollute its air, even
For the first time a nuclear company – in this case, a nuclear fusion startup – has made it onto the sixth-annual
Manure, sewage and food wastes could fuel buses and trucks and eventually help to power electric vehicles. At least that’s the promise
We know that these days, with so many past and current advances in clean technology, most of the garbage that society generates
Every Jewish family that’s been in North America since before WWII has the scrap business in its genes. A hundred years ago,
Near the end of his recent book, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, the world’s arguably most recognizable living astronaut shares the
Pushkar Kumar grew up in India, where, he says, plastic trash piled up everywhere. He understood the waste was actually a vast
With a name like “natural” rubber, one might think the stretchy, waterproof stuff would have unassailable green cred. After all, humanity has
Hero: Walmart Executives at the Walmart Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting in September rolled out two ambitious initiatives meant to reduce chemical and
Twenty years ago, I and a small group of undergrads from various American universities flew into Lagos on a muggy January evening.
My entire career as a journalist has been spent writing about new innovations and technologies, from computing and networking, to the Internet
In June 2012, villagers in Central China found themselves choking on an unusually thick and mysterious haze. At the best of times
