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Sponsored research gauges attitudes and actions of urban Americans when it comes to environmentally-friendly behavior

April 16, 2010 1:49pm | By Heather Clancy

Major League Baseball develops new app to collect and share environmental, operations best practices across stadium

April 16, 2010 4:21am | By Heather Clancy

From speed dating with like-minded environmentalists to taking part in traditional community cleanups, here are 25 fun ways to commemorate Earth Day all week long.

April 16, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

GM says it's learning firsthand what it takes to scale up a supply chain to global levels as it prepares to launch the Chevy Volt.

2 | April 13, 2010 9:42am | By Andrew Nusca

Hydropower in the Pacific Northwest will help create BMW's future electric car series.

April 9, 2010 11:10am | By Melissa Mahony

Technology giant continues to make strides in closed-loop product design, replacement of hazardous materials and supply chain accountability

April 9, 2010 9:50am | By Heather Clancy

Ford apparently first automaker to join Water Disclosure Project, which aims to create framework for reporting and best practices

1 | April 7, 2010 4:36pm | By Heather Clancy

In Earth Inc., Gregory Unruh says companies can become more sustainable by applying biosphere rules to their operations.

April 2, 2010 5:00am | By Heather Clancy

Study examines which industry sectors use the most water -- and the ways they use the resource.

7 | April 2, 2010 3:59am | By Christina Hernandez

Wins were hard to come by for the Washington Nationals last season (59-103), but their LEED-certified ballpark--getting greener every year--is a model for the league.

1 | March 29, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

With Wal-Mart pushing sustainability, industry sales could top $1 billion within five years.

March 26, 2010 11:14am | By Heather Clancy

A hair conditioner chemical may help coal-fired power plants economically scrub carbon dioxide from their smokestacks. Fewer tangles for carbon caps?

March 26, 2010 9:44am | By Melissa Mahony

We are drowning in discarded electronics, but disposing of them properly remains costly and piecemeal. Are Washington State's aggressive e-cycling program and Maine's just-passed Consumer Products...

March 25, 2010 8:39am | By John Dodge

A cheaper electric car will come as the result of high-volume manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, not a new technology, according to a new report.

9 | March 23, 2010 7:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Earth911's 2009 Annual Recycling Report shows that as it gets easier to recycle, more Americans are searching for places to recycle household items.

6 | March 19, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

AT&T introduces a cellular phone charger that won't suck up electricity when left in the plug.

3 | March 18, 2010 1:43pm | By Melissa Mahony

Think you can design a better disposable coffee cup? In the Starbucks-sponsored Betacup Challenge, $20,000 awaits those who think they have the winning idea.

3 | March 17, 2010 11:25am | By Andrew Nusca

Integrating disparate enterprise applications will be core to a central understanding of progress.

March 15, 2010 8:01am | By Heather Clancy

Summit can make legs that not only attach correctly, reducing a wearer's pain, but that match the remaining limbs in appearance. They can be made dishwasher safe, and produced from recycleable...

1 | March 11, 2010 8:36am | By Dana Blankenhorn

IBM and Stanford University this week will outline a green chemistry breakthrough that may lead to biodegradable and biocompatible plastics.

March 8, 2010 9:01pm | By Larry Dignan