Engine of growth: clean-tech jobs
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Clean energy work is a rapidly growing industry, but critics say it's no panacea for unemployment.
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Green IT use by businesses matters too Quocirca's changing channels The IT industry is in danger of becoming an unnecessary apologist for environmental woes caused by the equipment it sells. While there is certainly room for improvement in the way IT procurement and infrastructure is managed, this must not be overshadowed by the more positive aspects that good use of IT can make to the overall greening of businesses. However, manufacturers and resellers of IT products and services need to get better at putting this message across.â¦
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It's green, and from a factory. Watch it develop.
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Small as today's computers are, their environmental impact keeps getting bigger. Computers use huge amounts of electric power and are built from toxic chemicals that can wind up tainting our land and water. David Douglas, vice president for eco-responsibility at Sun Microsystems Inc., spoke with Globe reporter Hiawatha Bray about his company's commitment to clean computing. Q Why is Sun ...
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Rethinking some banal and non-techy energy stuff, such as corn and wood, and you get ... a corn-powered house, anyone? Plus: The green glow, from environmental economics to using algae as a solar collector. Mark Anderson reports from the MIT Energy 2.0 conference in Autopia.
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s your company reducing energy consumption in its IT equipment and using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions? Or do you know of a company that is a green IT innovator? Computerworld is conducting a search for companies that are implementing smart, efficient strategies to achieve "green IT." WeCre not looking for companies with general @greenA policies & practices or vendors with green technology solutions -- weCre specifically looking for end-user companies that are employing green practices in IT.
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eco-IT should take off because of its potential for cost savings and because new tech gear usually has some environmental component anyway.
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The idea of renewable energy at home is  no longer as distant as an offshore wind farm. More companies  are waking up to the popularity of green energy and the Web  hosts many sites showing steps people can take -- or gadgets  they can buy -- to use renewable technology, from renting a  solar panel to burning calories with a pedal-powered washing  machine.
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By Chris Woodyard From all-terrain vehicles to snowblowers, makers of powered outdoor equipment are joining the auto industry in looking at alternative energy to deal with increasingly tough environmental rules. But early efforts haven't produced rousing results.
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Being ''green'' is all the rage with technology companies these days, but what's not clear is whether or not the environment-friendly approach is bringing in more greenbacks.
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Â·Hopes for trillion-dollar bounty from breakthroughÂ· Man-made microbes could produce clean fuel
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Science & environment: Challenges of next 50 years include reprogramming genes to prevent diseases and producing clean energy
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Blog: Data shows that venture investing in clean tech jumped 78 percent last year to $2.9 billion with forecast to grow to $19 billion by 2010.
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By Gallis, Michael  I have not spent my career as an environmentalist. I have worked as a professor, a businessman, a real estate entrepreneur, a consultant.
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What draws workers to MobiTV? A hot technology, a cool company and maybe even a big payoff
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Technology firms and gadget lovers are urged to think more about the environment as new regulations come into force.
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The never-ending drive to increase productivity has produced new -- and sometimes nuanced -- ways to get more out of the technology you already have.