New efficiency rules will save consumers up to $4 billion annually and eliminate the need for 14 coal-fired power plants, Obama says.

BY Ariel Schwartz When Brooks Sports set out to design the ultimate eco-friendly shoe, it operated on the philosophy that green doesn’t have to be expensive if it’s done right. Instead of taking an already existing shoe design and tweaking it to add sustainable components, the running shoe company created a new product from the [...]

Their roof shingles are made out of post industrial plastic(s), recycled rubber elastomers and cellulosic fibre materials. Looking at the photos though, it’s pretty hard to tell that they’re made from former tires.

AMF Bowling is showing that saving energy can be easier than picking up a 7-10 split: this summer, bowling alleys across the country will be undergoing energy efficiency retrofits with the help of Lime Energy. So far, AMF and Lime Energy have completed retrofits of 43 bowling alleys, starting with sites in Texas, California, New [...]

By ClimateBiz Staff A new regulation adopted today will force more than a dozen California landfills to install equipment that captures methane gas created by decomposing solid waste. The California Air Resources Board’s newly adopted measure will also impact other landfills by forcing them to change their operating practices to reduce the amount of methane [...]

A local flooring company is working to reduce its share of an estimated 5 billion pounds of carpet that ends up in landfills each year.

John and Mike meet with John Ivanko, an ecoprenuer who advocates purpose, community, and green behavior over profit. Even in today’s unstable economy, John explains how “green” collar workers are emerging and new business opportunities can be found just by taking traditional ideas and turning them green. You too can become an ecoprenuer, restore the [...]

There are two places on the Internet where you can find out how the $787-billion stimulus package is being spent. One is run by the federal government. The other by a West Coast tech company. Care to guess which does a better job?

In most cases, it’s completely invisible to wildlife and it can easily wrap around their ankle. When that happens, these birds think it’s a trap, they yank away, and it causes an instant injury. It can also wrap around their feet and cause cuts. For mallards or geese, their feet act as their breaks every time they land on the water, and it’s hard to repair those injuries.

International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down to Earth environmental series, “Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?” which takes the stance that paper is friendlier to the environment than electronic devices.

Grant competitions opened today for $500 million in Recovery Act funds for training programs that will help retool the U.S. workforce for a clean energy economy.

The Earthkeepers 2.0 is Timberland’s first product designed to be disassembled and recycled, and is part of the Earthkeepers line of products that was created in 2007. The boot is 80 percent recyclable, and its soles are made with Green Rubber, a material that contains 42 percent recycled rubber tires that have been devulcanized.