Green Building Materials to Reach $254 Billion Market Value by 2020

The use of green building materials has remained relatively consistent during the global recession, and new research indicates that demand is only going up. The worldwide market for green building materials is projected to grow from $116 billion in…

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Green Building Materials to Reach $254 Billion Market Value by 2020

How Best Buy makes money recycling America’s electronics

Retailing giant Best Buy has seen its recycling take-back program grow from a costly gamble into a fast-growing business.

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Dow donates $10M to start multidisciplinary sustainability fellowship

As the world faces huge multidisciplinary sustainability challenges — such as how to feed a population that the UN projects could grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2045 — many university sustainability programs remain part of a single discipline, such as engineering or environmental studies. Dow hopes its gift of $10 million for a University of Michigan fellowship could help change that.

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Direct air carbon capture: Oil’s answer to fracking?

It may not be what scientists who developed the technology had in mind, but carbon capture technologies are now being applied to applications — like enhanced oil recovery — that could help make them commercially viable, but that don't reduce climate impacts.

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