From incentivizing carpools and public transit to embracing a remote workforce, companies are learning how successful alternatives to driving alone can offset their carbon footprint and lead to happier, more productive employees.

Climate change laws are producing a small but growing wave of lawsuits and legal threats to force counties, developers and companies to count and mitigate emissions as part of their plans for large projects.

Getting your business certified green has many benefits, but as companies are discovering, the simple act of choosing which program opens up a world of complications.

Senate Bill 375 opens a new front in the state’s battle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: land use.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) begins auctioning off permits today for the carbon dioxide that can be produced by more than 200 electricity generators in 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. The event comes on the heels of a key development of the Western Climate Initiative, another cap-and-trade plan being pushed by seven states and four Canadian provinces.

Banking and software company Misys launched the "carbon management equivalent to TurboTax" this week at the Corporate Climate Response conference in Chicago. The Open Carbon World portal also offers policy news, a community forum, carbon library and carbon Wiki to bring companies up to speed on carbon and help them enter the market.

Glenn Croston, author of "75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference," joins GreenBiz Radio to talk about the opportunities and pitfalls posed by eco-entrepreneurship.

Rachel Patterson of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett law firm offers a snapshot of the year it took her company to become a certified green business.

Frank Marquardt, author of the Green Careers Insider Guide from Wet Feet publications, joins GreenBiz Radio to discuss the paths people take to landing a job related to the environment or sustainability.