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Media
The Prime Meridian: A Climate Journey's Guide [NPR/National Geographic co-branded feature on climate change] (NPR, May 1)
Hollywood goes green (Variety, Apr. 27)
Imax, Warners go deeper for 'Sea-quel' (Hollywood Reporter, Apr. 25)
Discovery, BBC Plot More 'Planet' (TV Week, Apr. 23)
Green Living & Social Trends
10 Steps to a Green Wedding (Sierra Club, May 1)
Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity (Washington Post, Apr. 30) Free site registration required
 Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green? (N.Y. Times, Apr. 29) Free site registration required
The Responsible Tourism Awards 2007 (Times UK, Apr. 28)
Green house: How to save energy (Times UK, Apr. 27)
Protect God's creation: Vatican issues new green message for world's Catholics (Guardian, Apr. 27)
Business & Economy
Siemens Study Confirms "Greening" Corporate America (CSRwire, May 2)
U.S. Arm of Royal Dutch Shell Joins Coalition for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Caps (ENN/AP, May 1)
PepsiCo Becomes Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy (GreenBiz, May 1)
AIG, Ben & Jerry's, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and Hewlett Packard to debate climate change strategies (CSRwire, May 1)
Businesses to make climate pledge (BBC News, Apr. 30)
Corporate Leaders, Investors and Environmentalists Optimistic that Sustainability Conditions Will Improve in North America and Developing World by 2025 (CSRwire, Apr. 30)
Bayer Corporation Joins U.N.'S ''Billion Tree Campaign'' (CSRwire, Apr. 27)
Alcan Joins United States Climate Action Partnership (CSRwire, Apr. 26)
WWF-Canada and Domtar Announce Ambitious Agreement For Forest Conservation (CSRwire, Apr. 26)
Commentary
The rich world's policy on greenhouse gas now seems clear: millions will die [Op/ed by George Monbiot] (Guardian, May 1)
Animal Extinction - the greatest threat to mankind (Independent, Apr. 30)
Getting personal on global warming [A teenager's view of climate change] (Newsday, Apr. 29)
Author Says Redirect Resources Against Climate Change [Bjorn Lomborg] (PBS, Apr. 25)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Madagascan forests regenerate against expectations (New Scientist, May 2)
Canada's basking sharks face extinction (Yahoo News/AFP, May 2)
Alien Plants Attack Using Resource Conservation As Weapon (TerraDaily/SPX, May 2)
Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn? (N.Y. Times, May 1) Free site registration required
Hopes rise of a mate for uniquely rare Lonesome George [Galapagos giant tortoise] (Guardian, May 1)
La. Plan to Reclaim Land Would Divert the Mississippi (Washington Post, May 1) Free site registration required
Pacific whale decline 'a mystery' (BBC News, Apr. 30)
Asian demand for shark fins threatens Colombian species (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 28)
Koala Groups Face Extinction Due to Changing Forests (National Geographic News, Apr. 27)
Spotted owl plan in jeopardy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Apr. 26)
Ice shrinks, birds migrate early in warmer Arctic (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 26)
Technology
'Green eye' tech centre launched [Developing technologies to monitor the planet] (BBC News, May 2)
US Earth-Observing Satellites In Jeopardy (SpaceMart/SPX, May 2)
Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming (N.Y. Times, May 1) Free site registration required
New bioplastic is boil-proof too (New Scientist, Apr. 29)
Pollution
U.S. Air Pollution: Less Smog, but More Soot in East (ENN/Reuters, May 1)
L.A. tops list of nation's most polluted [American Lung Assn. State of the Air report] (Yahoo News/AP, May 1)
Asia struggles to stop relentless "pollution calendar" (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 1)
Tourism threat to Earth's last great wilderness (Guardian, Apr. 30)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
U.S. public says warming is a problem, but remains split on response (International Herald Tribune, Apr. 27)
Green Building
A Green Star for Sidwell Friends (Washington Post, Apr. 29) Free site registration required
Buildings could save energy by spying on inhabitants (New Scientist, Apr. 28)
U.S. Green Building Council Awards Gatorade Facility Leed Gold Environmental Certification (CSRwire, Apr. 26)
Government
Senate panel takes up bill to cut US gasoline use (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 2)
On the rise in American cities: the car-free zone (Christian Science Monitor, May 2)
Interior Official Steps Down Over Rules Violation [Edited scientific reports] (N.Y. Times, May 2) Free site registration required
Interior Expands Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling off Alaska, Virginia and in Gulf (ENN/AP, May 1)
U.S. balks at new climate report (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 30)
Top court won't hear power plant pollution rule (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 30)
Changes to US laws threaten endangered species (New Scientist, Apr. 30)
Cities join anti-global warming pledge (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 30)
Calif. Sues DOE on Washing-Machine Water Standards (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 27)
Environment policy a must-have for candidates (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 27)
EPA Accused of Flouting Supreme Court in Proposing New Pollution Standard (ENN/AP, Apr. 26)
Maryland Governor Signs Slate of Environment Laws (GreenBiz, Apr. 26)
Wasting Away: Superfund's Toxic Legacy (Center for Public Integrity, Apr. 26)
California to sue EPA over air standards (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 25)
International
Poor Nations Brake Greenhouse Gas Rise (ENN/Reuters, May 2)
China's demands dog latest climate talks (New Scientist, May 1)
Envoys named to lead climate change at U.N. (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 1)
Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutant by 40 Percent, Study Shows (ENN/Reuters, May 1)
EU-US Summit to Call for 'Urgent' Climate Action (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 1)
Poor countries demand a voice on climate change (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 30)
Gore Calls Canadian Climate Change Plan a 'Fraud' Designed To Mislead Citizens (ENN/AP, Apr. 30)
PM Wen says China must play its part in battling global warming (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 27)
Indonesia's Aceh, Papua Pledge to Protect Forests (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 27)
Climate change heats up Arctic geopolitics (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 27)
East Africa establishes climate monitoring centre (SciDev, Apr. 25)
Climate Change
Bangkok faces flooded future, expert says (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 2)
Climate Change Is Clear Atop Mauna Loa (NPR, May 1)
Experts target rice as climate culprit (Yahoo News/AP, May 1)
Episode 1: It's All About Carbon [Animated video on carbon's role in warming] (NPR, May 1)
The Heat is on for Greenhouse Gas Methane (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 1)
Arctic Ice Melting Much Faster Than Predicted (National Geographic News, May 1)
Bangkok hosts key climate summit (BBC News, Apr. 30)
Experts Meet on UN Report: Warming Can be Slowed (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 30)
UN facing a backlash on emissions action plan (Guardian, Apr. 29)
Climate Panel Sees Need for New Steps on Emissions (N.Y. Times, Apr. 27) Free site registration required
Volcanic Activity Triggered Deadly Prehistoric Warming (National Geographic News, Apr. 26)
The Big Dry [Australia's Water Shortage] (Economist, Apr. 26)
Energy
Energy Experts Debate Future Use of Coal (PBS, May 1)
Bright Biodiesel Future if Obstacles Surpassed (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 1)
Coal's Energy Potential Is an Engineering Challenge Now (N.Y. Times, May 1) Free site registration required
Expedition to promote alternative fuels (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 30)
Nuclear power will save the world, UN scientists claim (Daily Mail, Apr. 30)
Solar loans light up rural India (BBC News, Apr. 29)
On the Road, Hope for a Zero-Pollution Car (N.Y. Times, Apr. 29) Free site registration required
North America's biggest solar farm set for Ontario (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 26)
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