Going green in Waco

On the Greater Waco Chamber's new 14,000-square-foot building which is designed to meet national "green building" standards, president Jim Vaughan said, “I’m in the business of economic development. But I think we can grow the economy and improve our environment.” —by J.B. Smith, staff writer, Waco Tribune-Herald

Google's buses help its workers beat the rush

The company now ferries about 1,200 employees to and from Google daily — nearly one-fourth of its local work force — aboard 32 shuttle buses equipped with comfortable leather seats and wireless Internet access. Bicycles are allowed on exterior racks, and dogs on forward seats, or on their owners’ laps if the buses run full. —by Miguel Helft, The New York Times

When it's good business to be green

The Waco Trib's John Young on the the new direction for TVU Corp.—

Marc Lipschultz and Mike MacDougall were winging it, which is not the same thing as faking it.

All they did was shut down an assault on the environment of a scope that was, literally, breathtaking.