Stimulus plan sparks growth of green jobs

Environmentalists and labor advocates have contended for years that environmentally sound policies would create thousands of jobs — stockpiling arguments like firewood for the day when someone in Washington would light the match.

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White House fountains green for St. Patrick's Day

The White House is going green for St. Patrick's Day.

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Digital gold: Turning techno-junk into cash

As a hungry grad student, Brandon Mendelson can sum up his financial status in two painful words: “broke” and “desperate.” He needs quick cash to help cover his living expenses, including food and health insurance.

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New-breed inspectors chase energy leaks

When Robert Deane reviewed his energy bills for this year, he was shocked. The propane gas bill hit $583 in February, and the electricity bill reached $418 in September.

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Wind power battling economic headwinds

Just a couple months ago, wind energy had huge momentum.

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SmartWay program makes driving ‘green’ easier

It’s not easy going "green," especially for car shoppers looking to buy a new set of eco-friendly wheels. How do you sort among the various ratings and specifications to determine which new cars are the cleanest?

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Pickens' natural gas idea picking up steam

What will power your car a decade from now? Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is betting big that it will be compressed natural gas.

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The ‘green’ way to dump electronic junk

Erik Hodne's Denver basement contains two computers, two printers, a stereo receiver, two VCRs, six cell phones, three cordless phones and two Palm Pilots.

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Drink this, you may feel pleasantly green

When sipping that beer or vodka tonic at the next holiday party, take heart: Your revelry may actually be good for the environment.

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Green Christmas can be hard to achieve

One green Santa wraps his homemade Christmas gifts in old maps to shrink his carbon boot print.

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Business Watercooler Stories

GOING GREEN: Consumers are ready to hold corporations liable for bad eco-faith. American consumers are increasingly interested in save-the-planet products, said a recent survey, and they want to see companies live up to "green" promises.

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Think propane and butane are just for barbecuing?

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The World Bank is spending billions of dollars to help construct coal-fired power plants in the developing world, using a fund that is supposed to help wean the world from carbon-spewing fossil fuels --

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The project is one of five projects nationwide funded by the Department of Energy for biomass logistics research and is the only project selected to work in Southern forests - to improve the design of tree-length harvesting machines to increase productivity and minimize their env …

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While a broad consensus is developing over a plan for a mandatory carbon cap and trade system, the various players in the industry - from owners a zero-emission nuclear stations to operators of carbon-rich, coal-fired plants - are divided on just how to set the rules of the game. …

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Near a San Francisco freeway choked with commuters, Jason Mark shows off rows of strawberries, cucumbers and loquat trees. "It's time to water," he says, checking on green beans growing like vines on stakes.

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10) We could totally do light rail in the United States.

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The former legislator has a minuscule carbon footprint despite days filled with travel. He recycles and reuses at home. He owns no car but walks, and uses mass transit and a city CarShare program.

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While most Americans think climate change is an important issue, they don't see it as an immediate threat, so getting people to "go green" requires policymakers, scientists and marketers to look at psychological barriers to change and what leads people to action, according to a  …

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"We made this proposal in good faith as a reasonable approach to provide for a fair allocation of costs and benefits between customers with solar panels and customers without solar panels", said Karen Hyde, vice president, rates and regulatory affairs for Xcel Energy in Colorado.

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The fledgling renewable energy industry has grown steadily over much of the past decade, adding jobs at more than twice the national rate, according to a new study

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Researchers are fine-tuning appliances to help ward off the type of colossal power failures that plunged much of the Northeast into darkness in 2003.

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Paper or Plastic? Something about Taxing Bags Bothers Me!

This a new one for me. The news last evening told a story of our grocery bags being taxed. Since both paper or plastic are environmentally detrimental, apparently adding a $.05 to $.25 tax to them will cure this. I'm not sure how.

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Organizers of a world summit on climate change said Monday that 2 million new jobs would be created in the U.S. alone if it increased its reliance on cleaner sources of energy.

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BookExpo America is beginning next Thursday and Eco-Libris blog is trying to figure out why it has such a limited green content this year. is going green only a luxury of the good days? is no longer relevant during economic recession?

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As the U.S. car industry continues to struggle, a growing number of auto suppliers have their traded auto-related business for a niche in wind-power.

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From its bamboo floors to its rooftop deck, Clayton Homes' new industrial-chic "i-house" is about as far removed from a mobile home as an iPod from a record player.

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Green manufacturing, sustainable agriculture and the smart grid are among hot green job industries to watch in 2009.

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Best Thing in Life is Living Green

Best thing in Life is Living Green

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A Seattle registered investment advisor is one of the organizations that helped convince McDonald's Corp.

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When it comes to going green, Kristen Chase does what she can: recycling, using her own grocery bags, buying organic produce and conserving energy and water.

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IBM Corp. is launching a new line of water services Friday, hoping to tap a new sales vein by taking the manual labor out of fighting pollution and managing water supplies.

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A top Saudi official says the world's biggest combined power generation-desalination plant is set to launch this year in the kingdom.

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For almost every item, however humble, there is a need. It's an idea that's catching on, in part because the green movement emphasizes reuse, and in part because of budget concerns.

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For catfish farmers, pond scum used to be an aquatic nuisance. It just might become their next cash cow. Turning algae into biofuels is becoming a lucrative business.

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Mandatory Recycling

Bring this to my home of Denver and I'll be easy to spot. I'll be the guy driving down I-25 chugging cans of Mountain Dew just so I can chuck the empties out the window.

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