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Cheap Natural Gas Reshaping Power Generation and Home Heating: Coal Will Take The Loss

Combination of a warm winter & increased natural gas production is making natural gas the fuel of choice.

February 5 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Damage Control: Why the Backlash Against the Komen Foundation Succeeded

On Tuesday, the anti-breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen For The Cure announced it was pulling funds that it had previously provided Planned Parenthood for breast exams. And today, after a hailstorm of protest on Twitter, Facebook, and Susan G.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Earth | Read More »

A Modest Proposal for a More Sustainable Super Bowl (Beer Still Included)

I don’t know about you, but I plan to spend Sunday eating and drinking beer and watching lots of commercials and eating some more. Oh, and watching some football, I suppose

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Design, Earth, Energy, Food, Home, Transportation, Travel, Water | Read More »

BWM’s Attempt to Brand a Weather System Backfires When it Kills 70 People

In the storied hall of corporate marketing blunders, this one’s up there.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Public Access: Facebook Says There’s No Conflict Between Profit and Privacy

As Facebook’s founders and earliest investors moved this week to sell stock in the social media giant and reap billions, they filed a public disclosure that offered insight into the company’s view of the relationship between profits and privacy. “Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services,” CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote. This may sound like a strange angle when you’re encouraging people to buy stock in your company, but Facebook has a point: Focusing on users first is the company’s only hope to make money for potential investors

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Earth | Read More »

Five Numbers You Need to Know from January’s Jobs Report

The government released its monthly report on unemployment today, and, well, it’s kind of a doozy, one of the best reports in the last three years. Here’s five numbers from that report you should know about.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Earth | Read More »

Catching up with the editor of Green Talk

With a background in finance and law and four young boys, Anna Hackman was an unlikely candidate to become a blogger who specializes in green building.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Home, Transportation | Read More »

Climate Impact: Will Global Insurance Industry Be The Next Financial Bubble To Pop?

Insurance companies operating in three states must disclose climate change response plans.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »

In Six States, Higher Education Is Getting a Tuneup

What should America's students get out of their college education? It seems like a simple answer, yet few institutions seem to be able to agree on the knowledge and skills students need for success in career and life

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business, Earth, School | Read More »

Supermarket May Cancel Carbon Labeling Scheme

A once lauded scheme to label all produce with its carbon footprint looks set for the scrap heap.

February 3 2012 | Posted in Business | Read More »