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Media
NBC Universal ready to go green (Variety, May 24)
Yahoo drives green campaign (DM News, May 21)
Green Living & Social Trends
Has big business turned organics into 'yuppy chow'? (Globe & Mail, May 30)
Do Trees Make It OK to Drive an SUV? [Carbon offsets] (ENN/AP, May 28)
Manual Lawn Mowers Are Making a Comeback (ENN/AP, May 28)
Top Chef Warns Of Environmental Impact Of Fine Dining (TerraDaily/AFP, May 21)
Business & Economy
 LOHAS Forum Sees Big Growth in Green Marketplace (GreenBiz, May 30)
HSBC pledges $100m to combat climate change (Guardian, May 30)
Sustainable Business Forum to Help Manage Supply Chain Issues (GreenBiz, May 29)
Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver (N.Y. Times, May 29) Free site registration required
Ten Steps to Create a Sustainable Supply Chain (GreenBiz, May 29)
Unilever, the World's Largest Tea Company, Commits to Rainforest Alliance Certification (CSRwire, May 25)
GE 'Green' Ecomagination Unit Gaining Ground--CEO (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 25)
JPMorgan Puts Weight Behind Climate Fight (GreenBiz, May 25)
Marketers Don't Yet Understand How to Push Green Ideas (GreenBiz, May 25)
ExxonMobil shareholders to raise heat on global warming (Yahoo News/AFP, May 23)
Commentary
Green Power? [The federal government fuels coal-fired electricity] (Washington Post, May 30) Free site registration required
Science vs. Politics [Bush administration and the spotted owl] (Oregonian, May 30)
Time to tax carbon (L.A. Times, May 28)
Remembering Rachel Carson (Boston Globe, May 27)
Scientific reticence and sea level rise [Op/ed by NASA's James Hansen] (Environmental Research Letters, May 24)
Why Recycled Paper Just Isn't Good Enough [Interview with Metafore's Tom Pollock] (GreenBiz, May)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
U.S. to Study Protection for Alaska Loon (ENN/AP, May 30)
Great apes 'facing climate peril' (BBC News, May 30)
Anti-whaling lobby rebuffs Japan (BBC News, May 29)
Desert pupfish in hot water (San Francisco Chronicle, May 27)
Scientists Seek Approval to Kill Sharks [Effort to save Hawaiian monk seal] (ENN/AP, May 25)
Conservationists Warn India Rhinos Running Out of Space (ENN/Reuters, May 25)
'Probiotics' could save frogs from extinction (New Scientist, May 24)
Drought Lets Officials Remove Muck at Florida's Lake Okeechobee To Restore Habitat (ENN/AP, May 24)
People in the News
British Swimmer Plans Record Cold North Pole Swim [Highlighting global warming effects] (ENN/Reuters, May 28)
Technology
Plasma could turn old tyres into new (New Scientist, May 29)
Global Experts Urge Joint Efforts To Find New Energy Sources for Vehicles (ENN/AP, May 25)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll (Guardian, May 26)
Green Building
McKinney office space is green place (Dallas Morning News, May 25)
Government
Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process (N.Y. Times, May 29) Free site registration required
New Interior boss may soothe both sides (Anchorage Daily News, May 29)
States vie with US over emissions rules (Christian Science Monitor, May 29)
State acts to limit use of coal power [California] (L.A. Times, May 24)
It Won't Be Easy Being Green [Berkeley, CA to reduce greenhouse gasses 80% by 2050] (San Francisco Chronicle, May 24)
US carbon-dioxide emissions fell 1.3 percent in 2006 (Yahoo News/AFP, May 23)
International
U.S. Rejects EU Emission Reductions (ENN/AP, May 30)
China Shrugs Off EU Calls for Climate Change Action (ENN/Reuters, May 29)
Sweden aims to cut greenhouse gases 30 pct by 2020 (ENN/Reuters, May 29)
Canadian government sued over Kyoto failure (Guardian, May 29)
India Rejects Greenhouse Gas Limits (TerraDaily/AFP, May 28)
China Sets Ambitious Domestic Emissions Goals (NPR, May 28)
Uganda Shelves Plan To Convert Rainforest (TerraDaily/AFP, May 26)
Arctic, tropical islands team up for climate pact (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 26)
Costa Rica Aims To Win Carbon Neutral Nation Race (ENN/Reuters, May 25)
Japan eyes 50% greenhouse gas cut (BBC News, May 24)
Scientists Urge WTO To Slash Fishing Subsidies (ENN/Reuters, May 24)
Climate Change
Days Of Snow Melting On The Rise In Greenland (TerraDaily/SPX, May 30)
Everest ice forest melting due to global warming, says Greenpeace (Guardian, May 30)
Earth nears tipping point on climate change (Christian Science Monitor, May 30)
Climate change seen as greatest threat to Pacific islands (Yahoo News/AFP, May 29)
Will Warming Lead to a Rise in Hurricanes?(N.Y. Times, May 29) Free site registration required
Inuit crash through ice to death as warming bites (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 28)
Victim of Climate Change, a Town Seeks a Lifeline [Newtok, AK] (N.Y. Times, May 27) Free site registration required
En Route to Study Climate in the North Pacific [Scientists studying Palmyra Atoll] (NPR, May 25)
Earlier Cicada Invasion Spurred by Warmer Spring (National Geographic News, May 24)
Ancient "Megadroughts" Struck U.S. West, Could Happen Again, Study Suggests (National Geographic News, May 24)
Energy
Starch diet could power car of the future (New Scientist, May 24)
Regulatory Questions Continue to Plague Cape Wind Project (PBS, May 24)
Solar Energy Poised to Go Mainstream, Say Researchers (Yahoo News/OneWorld, May 24)
Britain Launches Energy Blueprint, Stresses Importance Of Nuclear (TerraDaily/AFP, May 23)
Pollution
As Insurgency Ebbs, Kashmir Looks To Save Dal Lake (ENN/Reuters, May 30)
Common chemicals pose danger for fetuses, scientists warn (L.A. Times, May 25)
U.S. appeals court tells Exxon to pay fishermen [1989 Valdez spill] (Anchorage Daily News, May 24)
N.Y. Coroner Links Death to Ground Zero Toxins (NPR, May 24)
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova Choking On Toxic Waste (TerraDaily/AFP, May 23)
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