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A Colorado home-builder reflects on his attempt to go green.

MacArthur "genius grant" recepient Majora Carter talks about the Sustainable South Bronx initiative and environmental justice.

Colleges and universities are finding innovative ways to be community leaders in waste reduction, renewable energy and green procurement. But their reasons are not selfless.

The race to paint the ivory tower "green" is underway, with colleges and universities hoping to attract students to new eco-conscious campuses.

Are industrialization and sustainabiity are incompatible? Charles Shaw searches for the answer with a comparison of the ideas of William McDonough, green architect and designer, and Derrick Jensen, environmentalist and philosopher.

John Stang explains how we're going to warn future generations about the dangers of our radioactive waste heaps.

A recent environmental strategy meeting at Wal-Mart headquarters was attended by a host of eco-celebrities, including Al Gore, and serves as another signal that the company is serious about improving its green credentials.

The battle over how to protect the nation's largest urban garden from redevelopment has gained international attention. It also caused Joan Baez and Daryl Hannah to sit in a tree.

Al Gore's new documentary "An Inconvennient Truth" uses a personal narrative to drive home the urgency of the global warming problem.

The ambitious park and transit plan for the city shows promise, but will low-income residents be left behind, as has been the case with similar city planning projects?

Mining companies are blasting away the tops of Appalachian mountains causing severe ecological damage and devastating communities.

The ski industry is already feeling the impact of global warming and is adopting innovative measures to survive.

Daniel Akst argues that large retail stores such as Wal-Mart are good for the environment.