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t doesn’t take a leap of faith to understand that the best way to reduce toxic emissions is to not make them in the first place. That’s the simple idea behind pollution prevention: the "best" pollution is the one you never create. Putting that into practice has led companies to re-examine their products and processes with an eye to reducing or eliminating toxic ingredients, recycling or reusing chemicals to keep them out of the waste stream, and using a wide range of alternative materials to replace polluting ones.
A new, unpublished report from the United Nations calculates the actual cost of pollution from business operations as part of a long-term plan to make companies accountable for their environmental...
The landmark memorandum of understanding identified a variety of projects that can help the dairy industry achieve those greenhouse gas reduction goals and increase its financial and environmental...
We have not accepted the scale of the problem, nor have we established the political conditions necessary to fix the problem when we do. Yet Copenhagen does signify the shift between two eras, and...
One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an...
A Greenpeace China investigation has found that 18 Chinese and multinational firms are failing to comply with new Chinese environmental laws. ...
Kudos to John Kerry and Lindsey Graham for their op-ed in Sunday’s Times, which points the way to a...
The rule will cover about 14,000 power plants, refineries and factories that produce large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, requiring them to install the most up-to-date pollution control...
The Clean Trucks Program at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles has succeeded in getting more than 2,000 dirty rigs off the road in its first year. The program has also added more than 5,500...
A private-public partnership led by the Institute for Sustainable Communities will open a second academy in China that will teach factory managers to make their supply chains less carbon-...
Need to make a business case for building green or undertaking green retrofits? Wondering whether it's worth the effort to make your property more environmentally sound? Fireman's Fund provides a...
The case for transit-oriented developments is stronger in a downturn than during a bull market. Research suggests they provide more of a buffer against an economic downturn and can be more of a...
... albeit in totally different ways. New reports highlight how one company is using moss as a pool cleaner and another has made weed eaters and leaf blowers significantly greener. ...
We may not realize it, but under that smooth, clean strip of asphalt we drive on lies an economic and environmental disaster that has been kept quiet for too long.
...In less than two years, the number of supermarkets and manufacturers of refrigerant and advanced refrigeration systems participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill...
The EPA announced plans to create tougher rules to reduce air pollution from U.S.-flagged ships Wednesday, the same day new fuel regulations for ocean-going vessels went into effect in California...
City governments around Dallas have passed resolutions to buy cement only from the least-polluting plants in the area; as a result, green cement is on the rise and air pollution is dropping. ...
The issue of what companies and manufacturers should do with toxic -- but still valuable -- electronic waste has made lots of headlines recently, and in this interview with GreenBiz Radio Barbara...
Terry Cullum, General Motors' director of corporate responsibility, talks to GreenBiz Radio about how the company addresses sustainability in ways above and beyond their vehicles, as well as how...
Last week, I had the opportunity to witness a milestone being reached in the effort to fight global warming: officials from 18 states - representing a majority of the US population - signed an...
The state of California's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from ships and cars were dealt two blows last week. ...
In the just-published State of Green Business 2010 report, we take an extensive look at the data behind the move toward making mainstream businesses greener.
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