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Media
Time Magazine Publishes Global Warming Special Issue (Time, Apr. 9)
The Man of the Hour [Preview of Leonardo DiCaprio-created documentary "The 11th Hour"] (Vanity Fair, May)
Christine Ervin Named Editor at Large for Greener World Media (CSR Wire, Apr. 3)
Filmmaker on Mission To Save Sharks [Rob Steward, director of "Sharkwater"] (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 3)
Green Living
51 Things We Can Do (Time, Apr. 9)
An Earth-Friendly Home (Time, Apr. 9)
The Greening of America's College Campuses (Business Week, Apr. 9)
Queen Elizabeth Seeks to Cut Carbon Footprint (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 4)
GREEN revolution takes root [Green cars, yoga, TV, magazines, etc.] (Chicago Tribune, Apr. 3)
Are Emissions Offsets A Carbon Con? (GreenBiz.com, Apr. 2)
Business of Green: Making amends for 'dirty' air travel (International Herald Tribune, Mar. 28)
Organic Gardens vs. Chem-Fed Lawns (IPS News, Mar. 27)
Strategic Consumption: How to Change the World with What You Buy (WorldChanging.com, Mar. 26)
Business & Economy
EU shows carbon trading is not cutting emissions (Guardian, Apr. 3)
Detroit's Growing Green Problem (Business Week, Apr. 3)
Chinese computer company is ranked top for green policies [Lenovo] (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 3)
Best Buy Announces Consumer Electronics Recycling Grant Program (CSRwire, Apr. 2)
Auto Industry Urges Economy-Wide Approach to Global Warming (ENN/AP, Apr. 2)
Wine Industry Faces Major Challenge From Global Warming (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 1)
Many Companies Can't Back Up Sustainability Commitments (GreenBiz.com, Mar. 30)
Whole Foods to Certify Sustainable Products (GreenBiz.com, Mar. 30)
Are You Being Greenwashed? (Business Week, Mar. 29)
HP to Reduce its Global Energy Use 20 Percent by 2010 (CSRwire, Mar. 28)
Banks Get Ahead by Funding Sustainability Projects (GreenBiz.com, Mar. 28)
Alcoa Employees to Research Environment as Earthwatch Fellows (CSRwire, Mar. 27)
REI Releases Inaugural Stewardship Report (CSRwire, Mar. 27)
Commentary
The green Supremes [Response to Supreme Court decision on global warming] (Baltimore Sun, Apr. 4)
Adapting to climate change (Toronto Star, Apr. 4)
Clear-eyed ruling [Congress should use the high court's decision to fight global warming] (Orlando Sentinel, Apr. 4)
The Court Rules on Warming (N.Y. Times, Apr. 3) Free site registration required
A clear ruling on clean air laws (San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 3)
Bush climate-change policy based on sound science (Buffalo News, Apr. 3)
Faith teaches us to be stewards of the earth (Indianapolis Star, Apr. 3)
Earthly rights [The only way to stop us ruining our planet is to give it legal rights] (Guardian, Apr. 3)
Ten Things Wrong With Sprawl (emagazine.com, Apr.)
A Law Not to Be Trifled With [Editorial criticizes proposed changes to Endangered Species Act] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 2) Free site registration required
Extinct Sense [A troubling report from the Interior Department] (Washington Post, Mar. 31) Free site registration required
Clean Living: Ban those bags (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mar. 28)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Study Shows Rich Reforestation after Fires (ENN/AP, Apr. 4)
Struggling Seabirds on the West Coast (San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 3)
Penguins on treadmills help reveal over-fishing (New Scientist, Apr. 3)
U.S. Developer To Build Hotels in Congo National Park (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 3)
Billionaires buying up great swaths of one of the last wilderness areas (International Herald Tribune, Apr. 3)
Elephant Slaughter Discovered Along African "Highways of Death" (National Geographic News, Apr. 3)
Controversial Seal Hunt Delayed 2nd Year Due to Ice Breakup (National Geographic News, Apr. 2)
Hormonal chemicals may be imperiling fish (Seattle Times, Apr. 1)
Magnolias face 'perilous future' (BBC News, Apr. 1)
Shark Declines Threaten Shellfish Stocks, Study Says (National Geographic News, Mar. 30)
Previewing a U.N. Climate Report: Species Are Going To Be Lost (ENN/AP, Mar. 30)
Environmental Group Calls on EU To Halve Catches of Threatened Bluefin Tuna (ENN/AP, Mar. 29)
Corals can survive acidic waters (news@nature.com, Mar. 29)
Healthy Coastal Wetlands Would Adapt To Rising Oceans (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 29)
Alarm Over Missing Bees Prompts House Hearing (NPR, Mar. 29)
Fair-Trade Pets? Eco-Fish Touted to Save Amazon Enclave (National Geographic News, Mar. 28)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Two-thirds of world worried by warming [BBC World survey] (Reuters, Apr. 3)
Britons Aware but Inactive on Climate Change - Survey (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 2)
Majority of Canadians favor a new green tax (Vancouver Sun, Apr. 1)
Green Building
UK to Name and Shame Polluting Public Buildings (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 30)
UNEP Says Greener Buildings Could Slow Global Warming (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 29)
Earth-Friendly Architect Richard Rogers Wins Pritzker (Washington Post, Mar. 29) Free site registration required
Government
EPA Revives California's Request To Set Tough Emission Standards (ENN/AP, Apr. 4)
Bush says he takes climate change "very seriously" (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 3)
Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases (N.Y. Times, Apr. 3) Free site registration required
US Top Court Overturns Duke Clean Air Law Ruling (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 3)
Bush holds line on global warming despite ruling (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 3)
U.S. Won't Override State Rules on Plants (N.Y. Times/AP, Apr. 2) Free site registration required
California legislature flooded with bills about climate crisis (San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 2)
Tax on Carbon Emissions Gains Support (Washington Post, Apr. 1) Free site registration required
Judge tosses new forest rules [No public review or consideration of changes' effects cited] (San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 31)
EPA issues controversial air particulate rules (MSNBC/Reuters, Mar. 30)
Key lawmaker says won't rush climate change bill (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 30)
Report Says Interior Official Overrode Work of Scientists (N.Y. Times, Mar. 29) Free site registration required
Gore climate event turned away from D.C. [Sen. Inhofe calls proposed "Live Earth" concert "partisan"] (L.A. Times, Mar. 29)
Rewrite Would Weaken Endangered Species Act (NPR, Mar. 28)
International
Bangladesh Urges South Asia to Act on Environment (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 4)
European ire for US, Australia as grim report on climate looms (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 3)
Beijing's Water Thirst Causes Neighbor Problems (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 30)
Developing Nations Act to Slow Warming - UNEP (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 30)
China to Unveil Climate Plan Next Month (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 30)
Brazil eyes free Internet to protect Amazon (MSNBC, Mar. 30)
Australia fund to protect forests (BBC News, Mar. 29)
UK greenhouse emissions show rise (BBC News, Mar. 29)
The climate changes on Capitol Hill (New Scientist, Mar. 29)
Mozambique aims to lead 'green revolution' (SciDev.net, Mar. 27)
Climate Change
What Now? [The problem of climate change and potential solutions] (Time, Apr. 9)
Global warming happens: but is it "catastrophic?" [Does dire language sap public willingness to act?] (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 4)
Climate Change Could Carry Huge Hidden Costs (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 3)
Reports From Four Fronts in the War on Warming (N.Y. Times, Apr. 3) Free site registration required
Farewell to a melting glacier [Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia] (BBC News, Apr. 3)
Climate Change Sceptics Say Humans Not to Blame (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 3)
Ways to Avoid a Climate Catastrophe (Spiegel, Apr. 2)
Seafood poisoning rises with warming (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 2)
Climate change set to worsen health burden: draft UN report (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 2)
Impacts of Climate Change [Predictions from upcoming UN climate report] (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 2)
Russia Sees Ill Effects of 'General Winter's' Retreat [Warming linked to hantavirus outbreak] (Washington Post, Apr. 2) Free site registration required
The Age Of Warming (60 Minutes, Apr. 1)
Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms (N.Y. Times, Apr. 1) Free site registration required
Sydney in climate change blackout (BBC News, Mar. 31)
Australia faces extreme weather rise, says leaked UN report (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 30)
Scientists weigh risks of climate 'techno-fixes' (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 29)
On the Front Lines Of Climate Change (Time, Mar. 29)
Energy
Palm oil: the biofuel of the future driving an ecological disaster now (Guardian, Apr. 4)
Plan for Big U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Passes Hurdle (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 2)
Solar power has its moment in the sun (Austin American Statesman, Apr. 1)
Waste-to-energy process promises smaller, cleaner plants (Edie, Mar. 30)
High Cost Key Roadblock to New US Nuclear Plants (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 30)
Portugal opens major solar plant (BBC News, Mar. 28)
The Dirty Secret about Clean Cars [Ethanol] (Business Week, Mar. 28)
The Tortilla Effect: Biofuel and Food Prices (Time, Mar. 28)
Pollution
Drugs Are in the Water. Does It Matter? (N.Y. Times, Apr. 3) Free site registration required
Breathing polluted city air may be worse for you than fallout from an atom bomb (Times, Apr. 3)
Hong Kong May Face Legal Challenge Over Dirty Skies (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 30)
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