A Female Focus

Socially responsible mutual funds let investors pick the issues that matter most, with some even specializing in investing in women-led companies…

Wide Open Spaces

Traveling green through Wisconsin and Minnesota with stops at the starkly beautiful Apostle Islands, local farms and green bed and breakfasts.

Perfecting the PC

What’s hogging energy under the computer’s hood, and how new models and new habits can help consumers save.

Israel’s Big Green Future

With a shortage of freshwater & other resources, Israeli farmers & researchers have gone innovative: recycling wastewater, restoring coral reefs & building weather-resistant structures.

Greening the Capitol

From a cafeteria full of organic food, to extensive composting facilities, a switch from coal to natural gas and energy-efficient bulbs in the Capitol dome, the House of Representatives is taking a green stand.

Wave Power

Proposals for wave energy exploration are exploding from the Pacific coast to a small Alaskan village, but there’s little thought given to the long-term environmental consequences.

Who Owns the Tides?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is handing out preliminary permits to pursue a hot new form of “hydrokinetic” energy.

Glossed Over

Researchers are only beginning to study the long-term effects of toxic chemicals on nail salon workers, 95 percent of whom are female, and more than 40 percent of whom are of Asian ethnicity.

Chemical Connections

Toxic Toys: Chemicals in babies" products, including BPA and phthalates are drawing new scrutiny and concerns.

A Village Protests

Alaska’s Climate Lawsuit: An Alaskan village files the first official global warming lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.