From the Wires: CSR and Green PR Announcements

Venture Capitalist to Help Guide Textile Technology Company’s Continued Growth...

Company reviews third year of operations and examines green business in a tough economy...

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Overall giving will be down, but not as much as history would suggest...

Brings extensive expertise in clean-technology and renewable energy investment to private equity firm...

Commentary by Mallen Baker...

Step Seen as "Outstanding Clean Energy Start to New Year," Marks Further Decline of Dirty Power in U.S.; Facing Intense Opposition, Energy Company Drops Five of Six Planned...

HOPE significantly expands affordable financial options with five new branches in three states...

A New Online Resource on Access to Non-Judicial Remedy...

New York Office Achieves Highest Possible LEED Platinum Certification...

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Helping nonprofits succeed in a tough fundraising environment...

Finz Seafood & Grill shows how any restaurant can use their own waste vegetable oil to generate electricity and hot water at their back door...

As the 111th Congress gets under way this week, the key task will be developing a fast-track economic stimulus program — ideally one that emphasizes sustainability, says Leanne Tobias....

A Massachusetts firm says its new device called the Vegawatt can help restaurants save money by converting used vegetable oil from fryers into fuel to produce electricity and hot water....

The world's cheapest car might be available with micro-hybrid technology, which cuts fuel use when vehicles idle....

The 10 states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, plus Pennsylvania, will follow in California's footsteps to develop the standard to reduce transportation-related...

The crisp images shown on flat-screen televisions come at a cost: major strain on the power grid. Beginning in 2011, California regulators will try to ease that strain by requiring flat-screen TV...

No one can deny that McDonald's food service is fast, but up until now it hasn't been very energy efficient. The company's 32,000 stores spend $1.5 billion each year on cooking,...

There are scores of different terms for something that many of us refer to as sustainability: corporate responsibility, sustainable development, corporate citizenship, environmental sustainability,...

A variety of industries have been racing to eliminate toxic substances from their products, and the t-shirt screen printing business is no exception. California entrepreneurs Peter Imai and David...

The airline conducted a two-hour flight using conventional jet fuel mixed with fuel based on the jatropha plant....

State-funded grants and loans for recycling and pollution prevention projects have been put on hold in Indiana, and New York could face a large reduction in its Environmental Protection Fund....

Environmental and energy groups, including the association that represents almost 70 percent of the country's utilities, made their pitch to Congress before year's end as talks accelerated...

IBM's recent campaign goes well beyond mere image -- and beyond green -- to envision a "smarter" world in which problems as wide-ranging as health care costs, energy and resource shortages,...

Of the 35,000 dry cleaners in the United States, only 35 use toxin-free carbon dioxide cleaning methods. A Seattle startup called Blue Sky Cleaners is aiming to grow that number....

In a year when the economy was all the business world could talk about, our readers dug in deep to stories about creating change, overhauling the ways business gets done, and yes, how going green can...

Major developments on the green building front in 2008 hold the promise of even greater momentum in 2009. We take a year-end look at five general areas: the resilience of green building, the hot...