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Ace Job Interviews With Green Smarts

5 Steps to Finding Out if a Company Is Green

And how can you know for sure that a company is as green as it says it is?

Is Your Company Really Eco-Conscious?

An environmental track record says a lot about a business.

Hot 'Green' Jobs Keep Evolving

But not all companies are being as environmentally friendly as they think.

10 Hot Green Careers for You

From architects and construction managers to engineers and electricians.

Global Warming Triggers a Race for the Arctic

As the ice melts, national rivalries heat up over oil and gas deposits and shipping routes.

Energy opener (Photo Illustration by Rob Cady/USN&WR with Photograph by Image Source/Jupiter Images)

Can America Use Less Energy?

Recycling

Brightly lit communities have high rates of breast cancer, according to a new study of cancer data and satellite images of light pollution. (NASA/GSFC/Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon)

Turning Out the Lights

The dangers of a bright night are becoming more apparent.

Green Gadgets

Woman sitting in butterfly chair at Botanical Gardens, Zilker Park, Austin, Tex. (Richard Cummins/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images)

10 Greenest Places to Retire

Parks can make even the densest and driest locales seem like cities in gardens.

Arizona Striped Whiptail The Arizona striped whiptail, imperiled because of habitat destruction, is one of 681 species that WildEarth Guardians filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect. In the past two years, no U.S. plant or wildlife species has been added to the list. (Erik E. Enderson)