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There is new impetus for U.S. companies to make energy-efficient choices.

Some corporate executives talk about various aspects of their businesses' going green.

In recent years, U.S. corporations have greatly reduced environmental emissions and are developing pollution prevention strategies.

Although their friendship may be relatively new, nongovernmental organizations and the business community are working together these days to forge partnerships that last.

In a free market, it is the end customer that makes or breaks a new product. Increasingly, many of these consumers are seeking to reduce their impact on the environment.

Green investing, or investing with the environment in mind, is an evolving practice with a rich history.

In 1980, 10 years after the first Earth Day, the U.S. Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which authorized the “Superfund,” the federal government’s program to clean up the nation’s uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.

The focus of most companies today is developing a supply chain that is robust enough to support itself and actually improve the environment.

Two contrasting views on what government should do to reduce greenhouse gases.