Sustainability

30% of science students drop out of their science program after their first year in college. It's the worst possible time to have a dearth of scientists--and Scitable is one solution.

1 | June 7, 2010 6:00am | By Dan Nosowitz

Today's compost may be tomorrow's high-dollar chemicals. Waste Management is already making liquid natural gas out of landfill gas and has big plans for creating value in our discarded organic...

7 | June 7, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

New research from Pew's Internet research center says close to 7 in 10 of online adults has downloaded or viewed video

June 4, 2010 3:58am | By Heather Clancy

Acciona's Eric Schneider says the U.S. has wind power potential that's the envy of the world -- and the Midwest holds the key. But a major federal push is required to build out the necessary...

8 | May 27, 2010 8:36am | By Andrew Nusca

New software vendor launches with less than $100,000 startup investment; uses cloud for IT needs. Biggest line item for startups these days is 'rent and food.'

1 | May 26, 2010 8:31am | By Joe McKendrick

Chevron has kicked off Project Brightfield, a test of seven next-generation solar energy technologies in Bakersfield, California.

2 | May 26, 2010 7:19am | By Andrew Nusca

Animal expert 'Jungle Jack' has visited every continent on the planet multiple times and says it's obvious who--and what--is causing global warming. Hint: It's not the animals.

42 | May 26, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

SmartPlanet's intrepid video team trekked all over the Napa Valley in search of a smarter way to grow grapes and produce better-tasting wine. Here's what they found.

2 | May 25, 2010 2:43pm | By Andrew Nusca

Utah Department of Transportation thinks ahead to cut major highway construction project -- and related carbon emissions -- to two years from three years.

1 | May 24, 2010 9:47am | By Heather Clancy

Cities learn on run more efficiently on analytics, and the nation's busiest transit agency opens up its data to third-party developers.

May 17, 2010 8:11am | By Joe McKendrick

Stonyfield CEO Gary Hirshberg says the challenges of the yogurt business are made easier by scale. He's been setting up a model that looks surprisingly like--are you ready for this--Wal-Mart.

7 | May 17, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Flying cars -- long the idealistic vision of futurists past and present -- may always be too impractical. But not impossible.

10 | May 15, 2010 6:00am | By Joe McKendrick

Researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology are creating crystal sensors to aid the production of syngas.

May 14, 2010 8:58am | By Melissa Mahony

3M says it will donate its film, adhesive and coating expertise to help integrate North Africa and the Middle East with Europe's power network.

May 12, 2010 10:30am | By Andrew Nusca

"We need to be careful that the cleanup doesn't compound the problem," a wetlands expert says.

7 | May 11, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

The image of the suburban cul-de-sac elicits large houses, green lawns and children playing outside. But cul-de-sacs are killing communities, according to new research.

13 | May 10, 2010 6:31am | By Andrew Nusca

New research provides a country-by-country ranking of environmental impact worldwide.

5 | May 6, 2010 3:45am | By Christina Hernandez

MIT Technology Review picks its 10 most important emerging technologies. Yours truly assesses the list, and bids farewell to SmartPlanet.

1 | April 30, 2010 12:45pm | By John Dodge

Web platform offers companies way to automate and organize reuse or donation activities

April 28, 2010 1:53pm | By Heather Clancy

In the second installment of The Green Polymath, Vinnie Mirchandani reviews the Kleiner Perkins cleantech portfolio and shows how a successful infotech firm is moving into the green space.

April 28, 2010 9:23am | By Vinnie Mirchandani