Climate change

In an address to business executives in London, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano outlines the real progress being made on smart planet initiatives around the world and challenges companies, communities and...

1 | January 13, 2010 3:10pm | By Heather Clancy

Green School Alliance encourage students to bring green thinking and green behavior out of the classroom and into their homes.

January 13, 2010 6:05am | By Heather Clancy

Big changes in the climate are being recorded in a place where tiny changes can affect animals' survival.

8 | January 13, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The United States scrapped 14 million autos while buying only 10 million, according to a study by the Earth Policy Institute.

5 | January 6, 2010 9:07am | By Larry Dignan

New report from Social Investment Forum shows jump in sustainability reporting. Now, if we could just make it an ongoing process, not just an annual event.

December 30, 2009 4:25pm | By Heather Clancy

Much has happened over that decade to set us up for miracles to come. And needs are growing. These twin forces of supply and demand will be reflected in some easy-to-conceive changes, to which...

December 29, 2009 6:57am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Earthquake-causing human activity deserves a closer look.

21 | December 23, 2009 5:55am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Why every business person, male and female, should embrace the message of the new book, "Half the Sky."

29 | December 22, 2009 5:21am | By Heather Clancy

Rather than focusing on the threat of climate change, which is real, the President should come home and focus on the economic opportunities we have before us and the market incentives we need to...

5 | December 18, 2009 8:45am | By Dana Blankenhorn

High school physics teacher Casey O'Hara traveled to the world's coldest continent to help researchers in pursuit of the secrets of the universe and gain inspiration to bring back to the classroom.

2 | December 17, 2009 9:30am | By Andrew Nusca

There is just one tiny reason causing reporters to go coy over firing up the old star ship Enterprise and boldly going where no man has gone before. The speed of light. 186,000 miles per second is...

10 | December 17, 2009 5:25am | By Dana Blankenhorn

There is money to be made. But there is a possibility that climate scientists are wrong, and that the skeptics are right. What then?

4 | December 16, 2009 10:14am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Researchers at MIT have engineered a "smart" bicycle wheel that can store and release energy.

3 | December 15, 2009 2:53pm | By Andrew Nusca

Renewable energy will win out. That's where the next wave of economic growth lies. By creating market incentives for it, we can get our share. Or we can let politics continue destroying our...

6 | December 11, 2009 1:52pm | By Dana Blankenhorn

Could a smart WaterSense system become a differentiator in which new home you buy?

4 | December 11, 2009 1:49pm | By Heather Clancy

The philanthropic arm of Google, Google.org, has introduced a deforestation monitor that could be a useful tool to combat climate change.

December 10, 2009 12:32pm | By Andrew Nusca

Environmental filmmaker finds kids frustrated and grown-ups in denial.

8 | December 10, 2009 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

A film screened in Copenhagen this week explores the dangers of ocean acidification.

35 | December 9, 2009 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

In Copenhagen scientists are trying to grab the political wheel, knowing that life as we know it is at imminent risk. In response their calls have been politicized. They have been politicized,...

11 | December 8, 2009 12:41pm | By Dana Blankenhorn

The climate change debate overshadows the REAL reason you should embrace sustainability -- it just makes good business sense.

1 | December 8, 2009 9:10am | By Heather Clancy