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10 Great 'Green' Home Improvements for 2011
Uncle Sam is still handing out tax credits, but you had better get moving... read more

Gmail Makes You 80 Times Greener, Says Google
Google pushes study that finds Gmail almost 80 times more energy efficient than in-house email... read more

Green Building Industry to Hold 20% Share by 2013
In only a handful of years, green building has moved from obscurity to a significant trend in the global construction market. Canaccord Genuity expects its share of the world construction market to be over 20% by 2013. Longer-term, they expect green building practices to become the norm in the construction industry... read more

Green myths debunked
These days most forward-thinking corporations are trying to go green. Trouble is, when it comes to what's really environmentally sound, confusion reigns... read more

Green Business 2009 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories
It’s a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with energy and environmental executives. Here are Environmental Leader’s top green business stories for 2009, based on reader interest... read more

7 small things you can do to help the environment
If you're the least bit eco-friendly, then there are some obvious choices that you probably already make around the house, from recycling to using recycled products and fluorescent light bulbs. Here are seven more ideas to take your green home to the next level... read more

Global warming melting glaciers: US Geological Survey
The US Geological Survey has unveiled an alarming fact that global warming has melted glaciers in North America at an accelerating rate since 1958... read more

In a Landfill, How Long Does Trash Really Last?
Landfills, which are lined with clay and plastic, layered with soil, and capped, are not extremely hospitable when it comes to microbial degradation... read more

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installs Over 2,800 MW In First Quarter
The wind energy industry installed over 2,800 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in the first quarter of 2009, with new projects completed in 15 states and powering the equivalent of 816,000 homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced today in its first quarter market report... read more

Top 7 Benefits of Recycling
Recycling is a process – a series of activities, if you will, that includes: the collection and sorting of waste materials, the processing of these materials to produce brand new products, and the purchase and use of these new products by consumers... read more

Ultimate recycling guide: Over 25 ways you can recycle
Some things just don’t belong in a landfill. With that in mind, Tainted Green has created this guide, which provides tips on recycling everyday items to reduce our impact on the environment... read more

The Three "R"s of the Environment
Reduce... Reuse... Recycle... read more

The green cycles: recycling, precycling, freecycling, upcycling, downcycling and e-cycling
The Green Cycles help to keep materials in use (in a cycle) and not in landfills or elsewhere in the environment... read more

CollectAPhone.com Launches a Cell Phone Recycling Website That Helps Non-Profits Raise Money, While Saving the Environment
An environmentally friendly company has found a double meaning to the phrase "going green." CollectAPhone, a company based less than an hour from New York City, has made itself a mission to protect the environment from 1 million used cell phones this year while raising "green" for charities in the process... read more