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Pollution prevention is shifting from reducing toxic effluents to making consumer products safer. A proposed California regulation hopes to lead the way.
In Guatemala’s vast Maya Biosphere Reserve, conservation groups are battling to preserve a unique rainforest now under threat from Mexican drug cartels, Salvadoran drug gangs, and Chinese-backed groups illegally logging prime tropical hardwoods.
PepsiCo, in partnership with Columbia University, has created a tool that can calculate the carbon footprint of thousands of products within minutes.
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels, the seas absorb much of it.The full effects have yet to be felt.
Creating a visual identity for your program is just one strategy which can engage employees.
Experts believe the next deadly human pandemic will almost certainly be a virus that spills over from wildlife to humans. The reasons why have a lot to do with the frenetic pace with which we are destroying wild places and disrupting ecosystems.
In 2003, coal was king in Utah -- it meant cheap energy and plenty of jobs -- so the market for renewables was virtually nonexistent. Then two professors found a new way to talk about wind power.
A new scorecard evaluates hazardous chemicals in mobile phones, including Apple's latest hit, the iPhone 5.
By seeing reality as opportunity, the business world can address both fronts simultaneously.