July 2: President Obama explains that 'it took years for us to get into this mess and it will take more than a few months to turn it around' while speaking about the U.S. economy Thursday. (MSNBC)

July 2: White House special advisor Van Jones joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the president's upcoming meeting with business leaders, as well as the administration's energy reform bill. (Other)

July 1: MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan is joined by a Morning Meeting panel to discuss the environmental impact of paper and plastic bags and some California cities' decision to ban plastic grocery bags altogether. (Other)

July 1: Former director of Central Intelligence James Woolsey discusses alternative energy and how it relates to U.S. foreign policy and the situation in the Middle East. (Other)

June 29: President Obama discusses his energy policy which he says will build "a new, clean energy economy," by reducing both energy use and pollutants while creating jobs. (MSNBC)

The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) singled out REI's LEED-Gold certified store last week for its holistic design aesthetics and functionality, naming it the Project of the Year in its inaugural Sustainability Awards. A North Face store in Boise, Idaho, and the Founding Farmers restaurant in Washington, D.C., tied for second place.

Funding from states and the federal government to spur the growth of green jobs is starting to pay off, and community colleges are graduating the first class of new green-collar workers. Plus: a national map of where job-training programs have begun.

As companies emerge from recession-induced hibernation, shake off hiring freezes, and start to cautiously advertise job openings again, they're finding an entirely different landscape than when they did their last round of recruiting. With all the hope tacked on to green companies and jobs, the stakes are high for companies that blunder. Here are tips to avoid missteps.

Despite being a centerpiece of celebrations the world over, fireworks displays often release toxic chemicals into the environment; researchers are developing a new generation of fireworks that shine as bright but leave less of an impact.

Putting advanced computing together with highly advanced -- and more widespread -- traffic sensors, researchers at Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany, have proposed an "organic" method of traffic control that responds to actual conditions. But is there an easier way?