Around a third of industrialized countries carbon emissions are exported to developing nations.

With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.

In the midst of a gold rush of clean technologies, some observers believe we're still years from making a dent in the national carbon footprint. But these three shovel-ready technologies show a low-carbon future is already within sight.

SeeSouthernForests.org provides a new way to learn about, and protect, the forests of the southern United States.

Changes over a large area are often hard to see. This can be especially true when it comes to forests where incremental forest loss often goes unnoticed until it is too late. A new website and report by the World Resources Institute seek to change this and allow people to visualize the trends and drivers of change affecting southern forests.

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Two solar power system providers are expanding the availability of solar leases with no down payments.
 

The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow's Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.

In the run-up to the release of the federal government's national broadband plan, a coalition of groups are detailing the ways that green technologies can grow the economy while cutting the country's carbon footprint.

This report outlines the ways that broadband technologies and smart grids can create jobs, save individuals and businesses money, and cut the national carbon footprint.

Recovery Act funding hasn't been squandered, it just hasn't been spent yet. While it's understandable to be disappointed about how long it's taken to get things in gear, there's no reason to overreact and attack the program now that most of the growing pains are behind us.

In early February, President Obama did something that his predecessor George W. Bush was unable to do: He pushed the restart button on the U.S. nuclear power industry

The desire to be environmentally friendly and the promise of saving money through improved efficiency were cited in a recent survey as the most significant drivers for companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Whirlpool, Ford, Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle, Sears Holdings, Lowe's, Kohl's and Servidyne are among the many companies recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program this year for making strides in energy efficiency.

There is much to learn from Toyota's grief. As automakers set out to release innovative vehicles, they will do well to remember the past few weeks. With consumer perception such a powerful force, stakeholders in the electric vehicle industry know they can ill afford such a crisis.

Rather than the usual two-minute forum on green topics at Apple's annual meeting, today's gathering in Cupertino focused on environmental issues like never before -- although the company still has a ways to go to prove its commitment to the planet.

On the day the computer manufacturer released its third annual Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple met with shareholder groups to discuss why the firm won't make public greenhouse gas reduction commitments.

Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.

Walmart's new commitment to cut 20 million metric tons of CO2 emissions from its supply chain is big news in and of itself, but it's the way the company will leverage its suppliers to make cuts that will make the biggest impacts.

At a much-buzzed event yesterday on eBay's campus, Bloom Energy unveiled its Energy Server, fuel cell generators that could change the shape of how companies and municipalities get their energy.

Climate Counts' new Industry Innovators program aims to build on the corporate climate momentum seen over the last year. The nonprofit found a forward-thinking group of companies that voluntarily wanted to go through its scoring process of their carbon management efforts to bolster an already strong spirit of environmental innovation with an outside point of view.

The nonprofit launched the Industry Innovators (i2) project today with charter member companies Amtrak, Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, REI, Shaklee and Timberland, each of whom received Climate Counts' top scores on the moves they've undertaken to address climate change.