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California Governor Announces ‘Green Corps’

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a new "Green Corps" to train at-risk youths for jobs in the green sector. Nationwide, ...

Obama Taps Van Jones as Green Jobs Adviser

Activist and green jobs visionary Van Jones will be joining the Obama Administration March 16 as a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation, announced the ...

Consumer Survey: Growth of ‘Green’ Consumption On Hold

At 36 percent, the number of Americans who say they "almost always" or "regularly" buy green products remains unchanged, according to recent Mintel consumer survey ...

What Makes Office Furniture Sustainable

Companies put a lot of thought into corporate social responsibility, mostly from an inside-out way of thinking. That is, what will the public think about this? Another ...

Standards Will Help Sustainable Biz Travel Take Off

In response to the article Green Travel Business At Risk During Recession, I felt it was important to correct the misperception that green travel options are more expensive. Corporations and corporate travel managers alike are ...

NBA Goes Green for All-Stars

The NBA is making efforts to green up the All-Stars in Phoenix, announced the Arizona Republic. NBA plans include doubling the number of recycling bins; featuring Phoenix ...

PGI Appoints First Chief Sustainability Officer

Polymer Group Inc (PGI), a producer of engineered materials, has named their chief marketing officer, John Heironimus, to be the company's first CSO. The company will begin publicly disclosing measurements of PGI's impact on the environment ...

Bosses Need to Lead By Example in Going Green

The Sunday Times "Best Green Companies" survey reveals that managers who lead by example play a significant factor in the success of environmental initiatives. Of the 51 questions about environmental performance on the survey, 13 ...

Carbon Offset Markets and the Obama Administration

At the 2008 UN Climate Change Conference, Allison Shapiro, Carbon Program Associate with Ecosystem Marketplace, comments on the challenges for the Obama Administration and carbon offset marketers. ...

Ford’s Gioia Talks Alternative Fuels at the Detroit Auto Show

Nancy Gioia, director sustainable mobility technologies and hybrid vehicle programs for Ford Motor Company, discusses alternative fuel vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show 2009. ...

Climate Change Legislative and Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2009

In 2008 we witnessed a broad systemic failure in the U.S. economy that wiped out $7 trillion in wealth from the stock market. At a minimum, this should be a lesson for every CEO that ...

Obama’s Energy Nominee: ‘Efficiency Is No. 1 Priority’

Steven Chu, the Energy Secretary nominee for the Obama administration, told a congressional committee this week that he while he supports nuclear and clean coal energy sources, he believes that the ...

What Environmental Leaders Can Learn from Obama’s Mastery of Social Media

On January 20, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States after a tough-fought campaign -- a campaign won in large part due to harnessing the grassroots power of the ...

‘Shovel Ready’ Stimulus – Projects That Should Be Supported

In the past few days, the tone of conversation about next year’s stimulus package has shifted away from long term "green" investments to "shovel ready" projects – initiatives that are ready to begin as soon ...

European Workers Jaded About ‘Green Jobs Myth’

Last week in Brussels, some 11,000 metal workers protested climate-change policies, saying their industry could be harmed and force their jobs abroad. Most of the protesting workers were from Germany, where ...

Waxman Wins Control of Energy Panel

House Democratic leaders voted 137-122 to oust auto-industry ally Representative John Dingell from his chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee, replacing him with Representative Henry Waxman, Bloomberg reports. Waxman is ...

Former Clinton Administration Experts Fill Obama’s Environment Committee

A variety of experts from former Clinton administration environmental leaders to people from transition co-chairman John Podesta's think tank top the list of Barack Obama's advisory committee on the environment and natural ...

Most Efficient Data Center – The One That’s Not Built

Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, told the New York Times that companies should build fewer data centers during tough times, and that the most efficient data center is ...

Cradle-To-Cradle: The Other Side of William McDonough

William McDonough has effortlessly moved from the world of "enviro-geek design" to the "soft spotlight of pop culture" and is well-known for his cradle-to-cradle manifesto. But there is an alternative narrative about ...

CEA Saving Energy With Expanded Telework Policy

The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will expand its formal telework policy to include all full-time employees and encourage staff to spend four days in the office and work one day ...