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Crowd-sourcing solar energy
Stephanie Hughes Jan 8, 2012
A Maryland solar company is creating small power plants throughout a neighborhood as a means to pool financial resources and valuable roof space.
Brown goes green
Eve Troeh Dec 19, 2011
UPS new chief sustainability officer rings in holiday environmental goals.
Military and Energy: The Series
Scott Tong Sep 21, 2011
This week Marketplace airs a special series on the U.S. military and energy, and the Pentagon's quest to "unleash us from the tether of fuel." This...
Pentagon energy strategy: 'Reduce, diversify, plan for the future'
Scott Tong Jun 14, 2011
Pentagon leaders today rolled out a long-anticipated energy strategy for military operations in the field. It's meant "to transform the way ...
When do you buy organic? When do experts?
Adriene Hill May 4, 2011
I never know when it makes sense to shell out extra money for organic foods. It's one of the reasons I started working on the story for Marketpla...
Biofuels and compostable plastics: The future or just a bunch of cornstalks?
Sarah Gardner Apr 21, 2011
As oil prices rise, the search for petroleum alternatives intensifies. Some companies are betting big on biomass. Think ethanol made from corn...
The Future Is... Fake Chicken
Angela Kim Sep 21, 2011
You may have heard Adriene Hill's story on fake chicken on the Marketplace Morning Report. But, why chow down on something fake when you can get...
At the New Bretton Woods, Sustainability is Inheritance
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
At a new Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, I came across a new definition of sustainability. Typically the term sustainability is unders...
North Korea might do some environmental good (for a profit)
Kai Ryssdal Nov 3, 2011
This final note today, in which sustainability jumps the shark. You know how big polluters -- or anyone, really -- if they want to reduce their...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Chevron's $9 billion fine; NYSE merges with Deutsche Boerse; daily deal overdose
Katharine Crnko Feb 15, 2011
An Ecuadorean judge has fined American oil company Chevron for more than $9 billion in a case that has spanned a decade. The lawsuit began in 1990s...
