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Students, Join the Green Your School Challenge!

DoSomething.org launches their annual Green Your School Challenge
Will Collaborative Consumption Thrive in Africa?

Like cell phones and solar, a Zimbabwean wonders whether the "sharing economy" could create a leap frog opportunity in Africa.
SolarCity IPO Expected Later in 2012

The solar system installer should go public in the third quarter of 2012, with a valuation of around $1.5 billion.
Geoengineering Virus Infecting Gates Foundation?

Wealthy individuals funding geoengineering feasibility studies because no one else will.
Local T-Shirts, Organic Cotton and Serious Renewable Energy: Q&A with Eric Henry of TS Designs

From organic cotton to 100% local teeshirts, TS Designs has some of the most sustainable practices in the industry. Join us to discuss sustainability, peak oil and resilient business.
Rio+20 Must Rethink 'Economic Growth Is Always Good' Paradigm

Even as every politician continues to hold on to the idea that the solution to every social problem under the sun is more economic growth, there's thankfully an increasing amount of pushback on environmental grounds.
Cheap Natural Gas Reshaping Power Generation and Home Heating: Coal Will Take The Loss

Combination of a warm winter & increased natural gas production is making natural gas the fuel of choice.
Climate Impact: Will Global Insurance Industry Be The Next Financial Bubble To Pop?

Insurance companies operating in three states must disclose climate change response plans.
Supermarket May Cancel Carbon Labeling Scheme

A once lauded scheme to label all produce with its carbon footprint looks set for the scrap heap. What does that mean for corporate carbon footprinting?
Sierra Leone Tries to Increase Mining Industry Transparency With Online Database

"The public should be aware of what mining companies pay to the government and what the government receives from mining and exploration companies."
Environmental Extremists Are An Asset to Our Movement

The green movement argues too much about what are realistic goals. Extreme positions help influence the middle ground.
How Clinging to Economic Growth Stifles Our Imagination

Whether unlimited growth is possible in a finite world remains a thorny topic. Andrew Simms argues it's time to embrace alternatives.
A Pleasant Surprise: Super Bowl XLVI Goes Green!

I was surprised when I realized Super Bowl XLVI's efforts to go green, and I want to know what you're doing too.
Small-Scale Composters Are Everywhere

All around the country, micro-entrepreneurs are collecting food scraps by bike, on foot, or in the back of their cars. Anyone know of any more?
Nissan Launches Energy Efficient Car Carrier With Solar, Low Friction Hull And More

Their cars are already getting greener, but Nissan is also working on more efficient ways to move them around the world.
Despite $41 Billion in Profits Last Year, Exxon Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than You

What gives? After all, corporations are people, right?
Undercover Investigation on Oklahoma Pig Farms Reveals Systemic Cruelty of Factory Farming (Video)

The Humane Society of the United States has just released video from undercover investigations at the nation's third and fifth largest pork producers, one of which is a Walmart supplier. The picture is graphic, ugly, and unfortunately usual.
By 2050 We're All Likely To Be Using Fewer Resources, Whether We Like It Or Not

The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.