Green Business Stories
Scientists take on food waste and fashion pollution—fabricating faux cotton and leather with fungi.
Bread-eating fungus spores produce natural fibers that can be treated to mimic cotton and leather, using far less water and energy than conventional materials.
The social contagion of solar packs a lot of power
People with lots of neighbors who have solar panels are more likely to have solar panels themselves
Here are the top 10 investors with the power to move the world away from fossil fuels
A new analysis suggests that climate activists should put pressure not just on fossil fuel companies—but also on their owners.
Ironically, buying green can quietly erase its own efficiency gains, new study finds
Researchers show how consumer eco-consciousness can trigger discounts on inefficient products, canceling the gains shoppers thought they’d locked in.
Is the AI juice worth the carbon squeeze?
Data centers’ thirst for energy looms as the next big climate provocation
How to jumpstart a market for a product that doesn’t yet exist
An economic tool that brought the world life-saving vaccines could now unlock billions for carbon removal.
Human waste is a terrible thing to waste
Off-grid energy production is becoming affordable for smallholders, restaurants, and even families—thanks to a startup’s innovative biodigesters that turn food and feces into carbon-neutral cooking gas, fertilizer, and hot water.
Keeping Clothes Out of the Garbage
How close are we to the Holy Grail of sustainable fashion?
The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
Fairer access to credit could speed net zero in Africa by a decade
Previous studies have ignored regional differences in capital costs and painted a too-rosy picture of green energy development in Africa and elsewhere
