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The project to release environmentally friendly technologies into the public domain has now reached 100 patents in less than two years' time, with the addition today of four patents from Dow and...
... albeit in totally different ways. New reports highlight how one company is using moss as a pool cleaner and another has made weed eaters and leaf blowers significantly greener. ...
The pharmaceutical industry has spent countless millions implementing comprehensive environmental and health safety programs, but the problems it may face in dealing with their products' end of...
In the wake of General Motors' bankruptcy and reorganization, funds for a partnership to clean up toxic mercury waste from old cars could be drying up. ...
The Hertz Corp. is tackling one of the most common complaints in the car rental industry with a biodegradable, non-toxic product that saps the stench from stinky rental cars without comprising air...
Despite being a centerpiece of celebrations the world over, fireworks displays often release toxic chemicals into the environment; researchers are developing a new generation of fireworks that...
There probably are lots of senior execs who've been comforted when their chief scientist has told them that since "the dose makes the poison," they shouldn't sweat some new study about a chemical...
Among the innovations recognized in the 14th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards were a new type of vegetable oil-based paints from Procter & Gamble, a method to make gasoline...
A new EPA ruling, and a nearly unrelated court ruling, highlight the challenges the country faces in trying to weed out the use of harmful chemicals in food, products, and manufacturing. ...
The Canadian government has named eight substances as toxic to human health or the environment. Two of them are substances found commonly in shampoo, lipstick and other personal care products. ...
The California Environmental Protection Agency has outlined six actions to integrate green chemistry into the state, reduce toxins in products and make chemical information accessible. ...
Highlighting the risks from harmful materials in products, the toy maker has settled a lawsuit brought by 39 states after some of Mattel's toys were found to contain dangerous levels of lead. ...
The tenth edition of the survey of major electronics manufacturers finds that although some companies are making progress, the overall goal of reducing electronics' climate impact has not yet...
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning wholesalers in California must collect mercury-containing thermostats under a new state law; President Bush recently signed a law banning the export of...
The issue of what companies and manufacturers should do with toxic -- but still valuable -- electronic waste has made lots of headlines recently, and in this interview with GreenBiz Radio Barbara...
Just as railroads fundamentally changed the country and the world in the 19th century, five even more power technologies are already among us, making it all the more imperative that we examine...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors are asking for state legislation on extended producer responsibility, putting more companies in charge of handing or paying for product takeback and disposal...
In this report from the U.S. General Accounting Office, the EPA's policies and practices on keeping toxic e-waste from being exported to developing nations for disposal are scrutinized and...
The ninth edition of the survey of major electronics manufacturers finds that many companies are making at least some progress, but Nokia regains the lead with improved takeback programs. ...
Gold mining is a dirty business, for many reasons. In poor countries, where most of the world’s gold is mined, regulations are lax, cyanide is commonly (and carelessly) used to separate gold from...
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This book from Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breem equips people with...
This slideshow from Cisco Systems outlines some of the steps the company has taken to...- This report highlights 16 bad actor chemicals in widespread use in California. What they...
Julie Corbett, founder of Ecologic Brands, the company that developed a new paper-plastic...- Senior Writer Marc Gunther sits down with Jeff Horowitz to discuss Avoided Deforestation...
Geoengineering may be the only solution to our myriad environmental crises, but that...
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