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Lawmakers have started taking a stronger stance with electronics manufacturers, requiring them to accept more responsibility for the end-of-life handling of the gadgets they produce.

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When I posted a video of a mainstream farmer trying to green his operations, commenter Adam suggested that he was just doing it for economic reasons.

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A common complaint about cell phones is that there is no universal charger -- if you don't have the one that works specifically for your phone, well, you're just out of luck when your battery dies.

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O2, a communications company in the United Kingdom, has just launched the country's first green cell phone ranking system -- something of which

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This guest post was written by Shannon Frederick, director of global association communications for Walmart.

What does sustainability mean to you? Before you answer, shift your thinking from a business point-of-view to your personal life.

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The UK has started up its own green ranking system for mobile handsets, but Apple wants no part of it. The company has refused to allow the iPhone to be included in the system by O2, but its reasons for declining the opportunity aren't exactly clear.

Until the refinery at Lanjigarh is closed, indigenous groups feel Niyamgiri mountain is not safe.

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The government of India has halted plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to establish a bauxite mine of the sacred tribal lands of the Dongria Kondh and Kutia people in Orissa.

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When I wrote about drying clothes indoors, I was surprised to hear that some folks had considered opening the windows and cranking up the heat on the thermostat a