The Little Company That Could
Organic Cereal Maker Nature’s Path Has Charted Its Own Course and Thrived…
Christine MacDonald
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The Protest Will Be Protested!
myhaircares.com The Yes Men’s Latest Hoax-Within-a-Hoax Entangles a Canadian Pipeline GiantAt one point, Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler denounced it as “absurd” and “a joke.” And, boy, was he right. Canadian oil company, Enbridge Inc., really hadn’t enlisted beauty salons across North America to help clean up more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into […]
Green or Greenwashing?
U.S. FWS Dow Chemical’s $10 Million Plan to “Value Nature”At the end of January, Dow Chemical Co., one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the world, and The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest environmental group, announced a $10 million partnership aimed at improving the 114-year-old company’s environmental impact. Both say they plan not just to […]
Just Add Body Heat
Passive homes are the simplest and most effective way to build a truly “green” home: using super-insulation and an efficient heat-recovery system…
The New Environmental Activists
Despite Apathy and Climate Skepticism, a New Grassroots Environmental Movement Is On the Rise Across the United States and beyond…
The Green Building Battles
Eco-friendly building is on the rise, and forest certification labels are engaged in ugly legal battles to gain coveted qualification.
The Solar Industry Shakeout
For Solar Companies That Survive the Recession, There’s a Lot of Promise Ahead
Is This the End for Coal?
Rural residents, college activists, mainstream environmental groups & eco-celebrities are joining forces to fight new coal plants…
Pipe Dreams
Carbon Capture and Storage sounds good in theory, but is likely too expensive to ever be financially viable.
Thinking Inside the Box
Winemakers tackle their carbon footprint—and make fine wine more portable, to boot.