Earth Week: Complete Coverage

Chicago

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:40 PM CDT

City Gets Grant to Expand Blue Cart Recycling

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Coca-Cola announced Monday that the Blue Cart Recycling Program will be expanded to all 50 wards in lieu of a $2.59 million grant.

Green building

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:43 PM CDT

Behold: The Greenest Office Building in the World

What's being billed as the greenest commercial building in the world — one that boasts net-zero energy use and requires tenants to abide by a strict set of rules — is now standing in

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:42 AM CDT

Six Movies and TV Shows That Will Make You Appreciate Earth

There is no reason not to love Earth. Despite what scientists speculate about Mars or distant "water worlds" discovered by NASA's Kepler probe, this planet is the only game in town if humans want to...

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 at 01:49 PM CDT

Baxter Brewing Company Goes Green

Luke Livingston, president and founder of Baxter Brewing Company, talks about ways in which he is expanding his business sustainably, with the help of John Rooks, president of The SOAP Group.

Earth Day

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 at 02:07 PM CDT

Celebrate the Planet with Earth Day Deals

Earth Day is here and there is no shortage of opportunities to do something nice for the planet. The Environmental Protection Agency published a list of events that are taking place across the country to hel...

Green Week

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 at 01:37 PM CDT

It's Easy Being Green: Five Ways You Can Help the Environment

Here are five simple, painless things you can do to make your life greener, and maybe even a little better. Turn off your computer. According to the Department of Energy, if you're walking away from your compute...

Earth Week

April 21-28, 2013

NBC 5's Charlie Wojciechowski & Art Norman Show How Cows Are Helping Us Go Green.

New battery packs could help return power to the electrical grid. KGW's Keely Chalmers reports.

With his castoff treasures rattling in the cart, Ben Cowden wheeled back toward his art studio in San Francisco's Recology Recycling Plant to continue work. Joe Rosato Jr. reports on a man who...

A cemetery in Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, has become environmentally friendly for burials.

A long-term global cooling trend ended in the late 1800s—a reversal that cannot be explained by natural variability alone, according to a new study published in Nature Geoscience.