The National Football League held its second annual carbon-neutral Super Bowl in Detroit Sunday. As "Green Skeptic" Scott Edward Anderson reports, when NFL organizers tackle environmental responsibility, everybody wins.
Compared to conventional paints that use petroleum and other fossil resources as their basic ingredient, plant-based resin paints are more climate-friendly, its developers say.
A pioneering manufacturing process that can turn titanium, stainless steel, and many other metals into a new breed of engineering components could have a big impact across industry.
Measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions, minimize water use in snow-making and promote eco-friendly hotels are among a raft of initiatives aimed at making next year's Winter Olympics the greenest ever, according to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP).
The European Commission has said that only 13% of more than 45,000 large industrial and agricultural firms across Europe have obtained mandatory operating permits aimed at limiting harmful emissions.