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GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a longtime journalist and speaker whose focus is business and sustainability. Marc maintains a blog at MarcGunther.com. You can follow him on Twitter @marcGunther.

Climate Counts and the Green Race to the Top
By Marc Gunther, November 20, 2009
If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn?...
When Behavioral Economics Meets Climate Change, Guess What's Coming for Dinner? ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, November 17, 2009
When a meat-based entrée is being served and people are offered a vegetarian alternative, about 5 to 10 percent will request it. But what if the choices were reversed? ...
Making A Big Deal of Small Wind
By Marc Gunther, November 16, 2009
Why is wind-power behemoth GE bothering to invest a relatively tiny amount of money in a small company that makes backyard wind turbines? ...
NRDC Leader Says The Time is Now to Act on Climate
By Marc Gunther, November 12, 2009
Frances Beinecke's new book -- a straightforward, easy-to-read argument -- attempts to connect the climate issue to everyday concerns like jobs, the economy and national security. ...
Is 'Buy American' Bad for America?
By Marc Gunther, November 11, 2009
Regulations included in the stimulus bill passed earlier this year required American-made products to be used in stimulus-funded projects. But in a world dominated by global supply chains, a...
Cartier Taps Green Mining Firm for Responsibly Sourced Gold
By Marc Gunther, November 09, 2009
All too often, behind the glitter of gold are ugly environmental and social costs: Unregulated mines creating toxic wastes, child laborers working under grim conditions, rivers and bays polluted...
Steven Chu: The Nerd in the Cabinet
By Marc Gunther, November 06, 2009
The current Secretary of Energy is also a Nobel Laureate and former physics professor at UC Berkeley, and a self-described 'energy conservation nut.' ...
Will the Financial Meltdown Lead to an Investment Revolution?
By Marc Gunther, November 03, 2009
Not much good has come of the Great Recession, but a recent day-long event showed that investors are at least starting to think more thoroughly about risk and sustainability in their portfolios....
FPL's Change of Heart on Cap and Trade ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 30, 2009
Several years ago, FPL Group CEO Lew Hay, the nation's leading renewable energy provider, gave an impassioned speech arguing for a tax on CO2 emissions to deal with the threat of global warming....
Electricity That's Cheaper Than Free
By Marc Gunther, October 28, 2009
Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away? ...
The Smart Grid Is On Its Way -- Slowly
By Marc Gunther, October 27, 2009
Today, President Obama travels to Arcadia, Florida, home to one of the nation’s biggest solar power plants, to announced 100 grants providing a total of $3.4 billion in recovery-act funding...
FedEx: Pushing the Envelope on Sustainability
By Marc Gunther, October 23, 2009
When you need to ship a package, how do you choose between FedEx and UPS? Their services are similar, if not identical. Could the companies' sustainability practices come into play? ...
GE, Cleantech and Your Tax Dollars
By Marc Gunther, October 21, 2009
Let me state my bias upfront: I'm am admirer of GE. But I can't help but be struck by the extent to which the firm's clean energy businesses depend on federal and state tax and regulatory policy,...
Why a Coal Guy is Going Green
By Marc Gunther, October 16, 2009
Of all the companies in the world, Duke Energy is the 12th biggest emitter of CO2. Yet Jim Rogers, Duke’s longtime president, CEO and chairman, is pushing as hard as anyone in corporate...
What's Wrong with Obama's Green Team?
By Marc Gunther, October 13, 2009
It's hard not to be impressed by the people working for the Obama administration on the environment. For the most part, they're smart, well-intentioned, dedicated. Let's hope they can deliver...
(Solar) Power to the People
By Marc Gunther, October 12, 2009
The co-founder of Sungevity talks about the drive for climate legislation, the booming market for solar power systems, and whether it can bring renewables to the masses, one roof at a time. ...
Lipton: Now That's Green Tea!
By Marc Gunther, October 08, 2009
Smart companies that pursue zero waste are also taking us closer to an industrial system inspired by nature, where there's no such thing as garbage. Lipton's employees and management have...
The U.S. Chamber's Climate Blunders ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 07, 2009
So now America’s biggest business lobby and late-night comic David Letterman have something in common: They have really, really embarrassed themselves. ...
Nuclear Power: An Inconvenient Solution?
By Marc Gunther, October 06, 2009
That's what Lamar Alexander wants you to contemplate. Here's what the Republican senator from Tennessee broached in a speech Monday: "I want to ask you to do something that gives many...
Ray Anderson: Radical Industrialist
By Marc Gunther, October 05, 2009
The founder of Interface shows how being a tree-hugging environmentalist and the head of a thriving, $1-billion a year carpet company don't need to be mutually exclusive ...

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