Transportation

Friday, November 20th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh discusses this week's news of Texas government and Reliant Energy teaming up to bring a new electric vehicle program and awareness to Houston's streets...

Environment

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

The international commission that sets fishing limits for tuna and other large migratory fish is meeting in Brazil. The commission faces a depressing reality: the bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean is headed toward commercial extinction...

Green Business

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Consumers are supposed to be cutting back on luxury as the world claws its way out of recession — but try telling that to fans of Green & Black’s, the British organic chocolate maker..

Green Building and Real Estate

Friday, November 13th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh reports on Portland's plans for construction of the largest "living building," to house the Oregon Sustainability Center...

Eco Travel

Monday, November 9th, 2009

As more companies consider the environmental impact of their business travel, employees increasingly are being asked to stay in hotels that meet certain environmental standards, including “green” certification...

Transportation

Friday, November 6th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living's Brigid Darragh reports on the U.S. Department of Energy's award for the Automotive X Prize contest to promote vehicle efficiency and developing technology...

Organic Living

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Organic agricultural research in the United States is getting a boost from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) with a $19 million investment into the initiative "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" and that's to be awarded to research programs in universities around the country...

Eco Travel

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Are you planning a cruise vacation and looking for greener options? ..

Green Building and Real Estate

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Switching to solid-state LED high-bay lighting has helped Dole Fresh Produce Co. save about 95 percent on lighting energy at a particular cold storage warehouse...

Transportation

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh covers Portland's recent federal award for the city's long-awaited streetcar project...and streetcar revitalization around the country...

Transportation

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced it's testing a "green plane," which includes green materials. ..

Transportation

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh covers the latest news in the Progressive Automotive X Prize competition...

Organic Living

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 - By Marguerite Inscoe

Guest editor Marguerite Inscoe offers tips on fresh homegrown organic eggs...

Renewable Energy

Friday, October 16th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living's Brigid Darragh discusses Indiana's potential to become one of the greenest states in the Union, with rural resources as its trump card...

Organic Living

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

While the U.S. embraces organic foods, agricultural producers find themselves competing with foreign growers...

Green Business

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh talks about General Electric's plans to test new 'smart' appliances in the to-be cleanest, greenest city in the world...

Green Building and Real Estate

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Where natural systems tend to use simple and readily available components like hydrogen and carbon, human structures use bulk metals that are stable over time and resist fatigue but that require too much energy to produce...

Green Business

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Contributing Editor Brigid Darragh talks about a competition sponsored by the Department of Energy in search of the next model of energy efficient light bulbs...

Environment

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for changes to the country's chemical management law, and has released a list of principles it and the Obama Administration hope Congress follows as it reviews the law. The EPA has also announced six chemicals it plans to prioritize for analysis and regulation...

Environment

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The average American produces three times the amount of CO2 emissions as a person in France. A U.S. journalist now living in Europe explains how she learned to love her clothesline and sweating in summer...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Friday, September 25th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living contributing editor Brigid Darragh talks about Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index and green steps in stores, on shelves, and in practice...and why they might be enough to hush skeptic environmentalists...

Transportation

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 - By Felix Kramer

Felix Kramer provides the latest updates in electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle development. ..

Environment

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Today begins a week dubbed "climate week" because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the US at an important time for the US domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the US Senate...

Environment

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The edition is fake, but the facts are real!..

Transportation

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 - By Brigid Darragh

Green Chip Living Contributing Editor Brigid Darragh talks about this week's new face to fuel production and the company turning plastic to oil in the nation's capital city...