Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 3, 2008. Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype.
Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. March 6, 2008. American businesses are finally getting on board with the complicated method of carbon trading to reduce emissions.
Megan Tady, AlterNet. November 24, 2007. A new technology to capture carbon from power plants and store it underground has been dubbed a miracle cure for global warming. But critics think it puts us in more danger.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 1, 2007. Congress will vote today on climate change legislation: Will it be a boon for the environment or big business?
Tara Lohan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 12, 2007. Tara Lohan: The retail giant wants to get on the popular eco-bandwagon, but Wal-Mart Watch won't let 'em.
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. May 22, 2007. While global warming deniers argue that most climatologists are alarmists, CO2 emissions in the past few years have exceeded the levels used in scientists' models -- signaling even more cause for concern.
Stacy Mitchell, Grist.org. April 2, 2007. Wal-Mart's commitments to become more energy efficient are not without substance, but what can't be ignored is that big-box retailing is intrinsically unsustainable.
David Morris, AlterNet. January 5, 2007. In his new book Capitalism 3.0, Peter Barnes writes that the costs of our current capitalist system are clear: inequality, stressful lives and a dwindling financial safety net. But how do we revise such a complex system?
Stephan Harding, AlterNet. January 4, 2007. Continuing with standard economic growth will not halt the unfolding environmental crisis. But employing "tradable energy quotas" to ration the use of fossil fuels just might.
