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Daimler sells its stake in Tata Motors

Buyers of the 5.34 percent stake included Tata Sons and Citigroup, though the Indian electric vehicle maker’s stock took a hit today on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Friends of a pan-European supergrid launch project

Global corporations including Siemens and Areva sign on to design and install a supergrid energy network at sea by 2050.

The growth of cleantech M&A and IPOs

Will clean technology companies come to dominate the M&A and IPO markets in the same way they currently do in venture capital, wonders Cleantech Group’s Andrew Thomson.

Sentilla product aims to track data center energy use

Redwood City, Calif.-based company's non-invasive new software tracks power use of all a data center’s assets, including metered and unmetered equipment.

Microvi focuses on zero waste with biological water treatment

California-based startup is one of 35 new companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o’ the week.

Green Business Blog

Q&A with Maryland Clean Energy Center Advisory Board Member Stephen Pattison

Stephen Pattison, Water & Environment Vice President for engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O’Mara, spoke with the Maryland Chamber recently about the upcoming work of the ...

American Community Properties Trust Launches Saint Charles Green City Initiative

Smart, green, and growing. The master planned community of Saint Charles, Maryland has committed to transform itself into a model 21st century community that encompasses these...

November 10: “Girls Gone Green” Business Women’s Networking Event

The Growth Coach of Baltimore is presenting “Girls Gone Green,” a business women’s networking event, at Baltimore’s first green hotel, the LEED Certified Silver Fairfield Marriott, ...

Governor O’Malley and Business Community Kick Off Maryland Green Registry

Governor Martin O’Malley, with Maryland Chamber of Commerce Chair Joe Slater, Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Shari Wilson, and representatives from the state and ...

Member Spotlight: HCM, a Leader in Sustainable Design

At Hord Coplan Macht (HCM), sustainable design is more than just a trend, it’s a practice to live and work by. Since the Baltimore-based architecture, landscape...

B'More Green

Storm passing over storm-water rules?

Builders, environmentalists and local officials seem to have settled their differences over Maryland's new requirements for reducing polluted runoff from development projects. As reported ...

'Animal Factory' author to speak at Hopkins

Do you know where your chicken comes from? What’s in it? And what pollution was left behind? Journalist David Kirby will talk about this and...

A new growth plan for Maryland?

Feel like growth and development in Maryland could be better thought-out and managed? The state Department of Planning intends to write a statewide growth...

Meatless Monday: Curry Lentil Soup & Chili

These are some recipes from a little coffee shop and eatery in the Federal Hill/Riverside area of South Baltimore called Koba Cafe (644 E...

Watermen harvest "ghost" crab pots

Maryland's watermen are pulling in a little extra income while retrieving some of the thousands of crab pots they lose every year in the Chesapeake Bay....