People now call that system "cap-and-trade." But back then the term of art was "emissions trading," though some people called it "morally bankrupt" or even "a license to kill."

American consumers regularly purchase everything from electronics to music to plane tickets online. But buying a solar system for your house? That requires research, arranging time for multiple contractors to come out and measure your roof, and comparing bids.

Construction on Todd Spitzer's cafe was supposed to be finished last year. But the retail space on Telegraph Ave., in Oakland's Temescal district, looks far from complete.

The $1 bag of refined sugar in many American kitchens requires more than 283 gallons of water to produce. The $20 bag of dog food on store shelves takes more than 4,000 gallons.

Last week saw the opening of an exciting new development of affordable homes in Oakland.

Arianna Huffington just posted an article on the Huffington Post that has sparked a remarkable wave of interest, evoking nearly 5,000 comments in less than a week. Called “Move Your Money,” the article maintains that we can get credit flowing again on Main Street by moving our money out of the Wall Street behemoths and into our local community banks.

Currently we burn fossil fuels faster than we drink milk. We are using up a valuable resource and essentially taking away accessibility to energy for future generations.

New Mexico's House of Representatives voted Monday to pass a bill that allows the state to move $2 billion - $5 billion of state funds to credit unions and small banks.

Saving the brick and mortars our nation is built on.

As businesses become increasingly strategic about sustainability programming, using metrics to measure and manage social, environmental and economic impacts has become standard practice. Yet, there's still significant variation in how companies interpret and use the resulting data to guide their activities.