The green race to the top

26 Nov, 2009 12:37 pm If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis...

China could meet all of the demand for electricity by wind alone

30 Sep, 2009 03:05 pm A team of environmental scientists from Harvard and Tsinghua University has demonstrated the huge potential for wind-generated electricity in China...

What does solar want? Lots!

26 Jun, 2009 09:19 am Ordinarily, when an industry comes to Washington to seek special favors from the government, it hires a lobbyist or two, meets with members of Congress...

Why don?t we pick the low-hanging fruit?

23 Apr, 2009 05:54 pm As a reporter who writes about business and the environment, I?ve heard the expression ?low hanging fruit? used to describe energy efficiency countless...

Food for Thought: Invincible Rice

8 Feb, 2008 06:09 pm CNN's Hugh Riminton looks at one institute's efforts to help farmers prepare for climate change.

Focus on Nigeria: the SELF Project

8 Feb, 2008 06:09 pm CNN's monthly series 'Global Challenges' travels around the world to bring feature reports on sustainable development, focusing on small-scale community...

Water, Beer, and the White House

27 Dec, 2007 12:05 pm Marc Gunther discusses the topic of climate change in the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Climate Change Politics

12 Nov, 2007 12:52 pm President Bush is willing to sign climate change legislation, if Congress passes a bill that meets with his approval. That, at least, is what U.S...

Unsolved Mysteries: The Case of the Tainted Rice

30 Oct, 2007 12:24 pm When government agencies have to announce bad news, they tend to do so on Friday afternoons, so that it will disappear into the often-unread Saturday paper...