Environment

Conservationist Wallace J. Nichols argues that environmental problems should be addressed using neuroscience and empathy, in addition to using facts, figures and statistics. People make decisions,...

24 | January 31, 2011 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Earth, Inc. author Greg Unruh says businesses can learn from the environment to reap better profits, boost sustainability and decrease their carbon footprint. Here's how.

1 | July 8, 2010 10:07am | By Andrew Nusca

An undersea gold rush could be coming soon with the rising cost of minerals and advancements in technology opening the seafloor to mining.

3 | May 19, 2013 9:20pm | By David Worthington

Lawsuits against military contractors have been filed in 42 states by soldiers alleging health problems from burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq.

2 | October 18, 2010 1:15am | By Deborah Gage

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talks about how e-commerce is more environmentally friendly, efficiency on product packaging and green efforts inside the company.

May 27, 2010 2:49am | By Larry Dignan

Project FROG experiments with how environment can affect student performance.

January 12, 2010 9:05am | By Heather Clancy

It hasn't happened, and the environment minister wants to keep it that way. He's up against big corporates.

4 | February 12, 2013 5:13am | By Mark Halper

If you think saving the planet just means separating paper and plastic, think again. An environmental film festival curator expands our definition of "environment" while creating a role model for...

4 | November 5, 2009 2:50pm | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

This isn't your average school homeroom

June 2, 2010 6:07am | By Heather Clancy

Can a fuel additive be green? IFT chief executive Jonathan Burst says his product can help fleets burn fuel more efficiently, reducing carbon emissions and cost.

1 | August 17, 2010 12:38pm | By Andrew Nusca

Yet another peer-to-peer service comes up against regulatory hurdles in New York State.

12 | May 17, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

At the Business Goes Green conference in San Jose, Calif., on June 6, Forrester Research Senior Vice President Christopher Mines moderates a discussion on data centers. IBM's vice president of...

June 13, 2008 8:27am

Just in time for holiday shopping, Climate Counts lets us know which consumer brand companies have been naughty and which have been nice.

November 24, 2009 7:53pm | By Heather Clancy

Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.

35 | May 15, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

With sensor-driven applications on the rise, Hillcrest Labs looks beyond smart TVs to mobile devices and wearable computers.

May 14, 2013 3:00am | By Mari Silbey

BARCELONA -- Ear plugs that you can actually hear through. Cubes of silence in the middle of busy squares. Peace from the city racket is coming to a Spanish city near you.

2 | May 13, 2013 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

How much can we tell about a person from just looking at their bedroom or office? Psychologist Sam Gosling says quite a lot -- except for one personality trait.

2 | April 19, 2013 5:00am | By Christie Nicholson

Minimizing waste along the food chain: it's good for the environment, but even better for the bottom line. The "mega-movement" is just beginning.

11 | January 15, 2013 1:33am | By Kevin Gray

DELHI -- In a city choking in plastic, shopkeepers and shoppers are flouting a new ban on plastic bags and transparent wrappers.

12 | March 25, 2013 12:00am | By Betwa Sharma

Google's EMEA Engineering Hub in Zurich represents a new type of working environment and a new way of designing the work environment.

October 16, 2011 7:46pm | By Sun Joo Kim