business
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Big businesses may be turning over a new (green) leaf
“Climate change has moved out of the public-relations department, into the C-suite, and down to the shop floor.”
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Can this company build a better carbon offset?
A new company hopes to provide a different business model for removing carbon from the atmosphere.
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Report: Climate change could flush your savings
Company climate plans “give little inkling that up to 30 percent of manageable assets globally may be at risk,” according to a new study.
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The world’s biggest seed companies are wooing
The world’s biggest farm supply companies are all trying to merge. Here’s what it means.
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Watch out for radioactive tissue boxes
Radiation is an effective treatment for some serious illnesses, but it’s not generally applied to the common cold — unless you bought a metal tissue box from Bed Bath & Beyond. In January, the retailer recalled tissue boxes from 200 stores because they had been contaminated by radioactive metal.
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LEGO buys $500 million worth of wind turbines
The world's third-largest toy manufacturer is going to be putting "made with wind power" labels on all those boxes of LEGOs, and not just because they bought their power from utilities with wind turbines.
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Study: Green economy lost fewer jobs in the recession
According to a new study by a California think tank, the “core green economy” — industries focusing on sustainable energy, clean transportation, green products, conservation, and recycling — weathered the U.S. recession better than the economy as a whole. In California, at least, the green economy lost only 3 percent of jobs between January 2009 […]
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Turning your teeth green — in a good way [VIDEO]
Is this America's Greenest Dentist? He can't make getting your teeth cleaned more fun, but he can make it greener. Find out how he does it.
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Hostess Brands is going bankrupt
Have we, as a country, grown beyond Ding-Dongs? After posting a $341 million net loss last fiscal year, Hostess Brands, maker of iconic grody lunchbox snacks and hyper-bleached sandwich bread, is filing for bankruptcy.