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Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet
Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.
States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey
California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.
White Wave Looks to the Farm to Improve Environmental Footprint
To lower its carbon footprint, White Wave Foods is tackling methane emissions, carbon sequestration and utilities, such electricity and gasoline.
The Major Dividends Cities Reap from Investing in Green Infrastructure
A new report shows that U.S. cities can save billions in costs -- while cleaning waterways and green neighborhoods -- by leveraging private investment in green infrastructure.
'Greenest College' Rankings Get Easier with New Data-Gathering Effort
The Princeton Review, Sierra Magazine, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education have teamed up to promote a new tool that makes it free and relatively easy for any education institution to report its environmental impacts.
Tracking the Evolution of Sustainable Investing
A new book from Trucost executive Cary Krosinsky looks at how sustainable investment in an era of growing resource scarcity can yield significant opportunities for boosting your portfolio's performance.
Why Google Invests in Clean Energy
Last year, Google invested more than $900 million in clean energy projects. But does it have an energy policy? Does it need one?
Intel, Kohl's, Walmart Lead EPA's Green Power Purchasers List
Walmart in particular marks a big leap forward, coming up from 15th place three months ago to land in third place. Generating green power on-site -- where Walmart is the second-biggest green power creator -- is what helped move the retailer up.
3 Ways Carbon Management Software Firms Can Capture the Market
From big players like IBM and SAP to smaller startups like C3, vendors of energy and carbon management software have a big challenge to capture a slice of the broad demand for companies of all sizes.
What Will it Take to Bring EVs to the Mass Market?
By all accounts, the electric vehicle industry appears to be a market on the brink of mainstream adoption, yet they're still falling short of expectations. What's the missing element?