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Media
 Everybody Talks About the Weather; All of a Sudden, It's Controversial [Weather Channel's global warming coverage] (N.Y. Times, Jun. 4) Free site registration required
Green Living & Social Trends
Seize the day [Green changes to daily routine] (Guardian, Jun. 5)
The eco-diet ... and it's not just about food miles [Processing, storage, and packaging factors in food "greenness"] (Guardian, Jun. 4)
Why are greens so white? (Toronto Star, Jun. 2)
Americans guzzle hybrids; Prius sales triple in May (Seattle Times/AP, Jun. 2)
New diet shrinks calories, carbon footprint (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 1)
Business & Economy
Airline sector pledges big emissions cuts (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 6)
Change is in the wind as business climate turns green (Guardian, Jun. 6)
The Coca-Cola Company Pledges to Replace the Water It Uses in Its Beverages and Their Production (CSRwire, Jun. 5)
Motorola Renews and Expands Its Membership in Chicago Climate Exchange (CSRwire, Jun. 5)
Dell Sets Goal of Becoming Greenest Technology Company (CSRwire, Jun. 5)
Green Leaders: A guide to the world's greenest companies (Independent, Jun. 1)
Detroit Finds Agreement on the Need to Be Green (N.Y. Times, Jun. 1) Free site registration required
Nike Sets Goals to Be Climate-Neutral, Reduce Packaging (GreenBiz, Jun. 1)
Wachovia to Build "Green" Bank Branches (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 31)
GE to double renewable investments to $4 billion (Environmental Finance, May 31)
Cleaning up [How business is starting to tackle climate change] (Economist, May 31)
Everybody's green now [How America's big companies got environmentalism] (Economist, May 31)
Ways to Green a Small Business (GreenBiz, May 30)
Commentary
All this `green' talk wasted on government inaction [Op/ed by Thomas Friedman] (Mercury News, Jun. 5)
Let's propel wind energy forward, not backward (Missoulian, Jun. 5)
Warming's bad guys made good [Recent warming moves by China and the U.S.] (Christian Science Monitor, Jun. 5)
We need to study effects of climate change on world's poor (Financial Times, Jun. 1)
Why Green Business Must Lead on Climate Change (GreenBiz, Jun.)
Nuclear greenwashing [Arguments against nuclear power] (San Francisco Bay Guardian, Jun.)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Horn trade pressures some rhinos (BBC News, Jun. 6)
Sea Lions Hit by High Levels of Acid Poison in California (N.Y. Times, Jun. 6) Free site registration required
What's So Bad About Deforestation? (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jun. 5)
Dinner Disappears, and African Penguins Pay the Price (N.Y. Times, Jun. 4) Free site registration required
Indonesia's Forests Threatened by Logging, Palm Oil (ENN/Reuters, Jun. 4)
Environmentalists sue over removal of grizzlies from endangered list (Idaho Statesman/AP, Jun. 4)
Ivory Sale Gets Green Light From Wildlife Trade Watchdog (National Geographic News, Jun. 4)
Chad fights back to protect elephants from poachers (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 4)
Study: Hundreds of Bird Species Endangered by 2050 (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Jun. 4)
Nations meet to protect wildlife (BBC News, Jun. 3)
Trading bans have a perilous downside for wildlife (New Scientist, Jun. 3)
Ethiopian Elephants, Lions at Risk as Forest Cut (ENN/Reuters, Jun. 1)
Blue whales 'making a comeback' (BBC News, May 31)
CITES to Study Species Over-Exploitation (ENN/AP, May 31)
World's most endangered destinations (MSNBC/Forbes, May 31)
Central African states call for better protection of forests (Yahoo News/AFP, May 30)
Technology
Solar shield could be quick fix for global warming (New Scientist, Jun. 5)
Japan Showcases Eco-Friendly Cars Ahead of G-8 Summit (ENN/AP, Jun. 1)
Scientists Create Fire-Safe, Green Plastic (SpaceMart/SPX, May 31)
A stairway to heaven? [Turning on Earth's natural transport system to dispose of CO2] (Economist, May 31)
People in the News
Take care of the planet, urges the Dalai Lama (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 6)
Amazon Tribesman Takes Rainforest Message To Japan (TerraDaily/AFP, May 31)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Global Nielsen Survey: Consumers Look to Governments to Act on Climate Change (Nielsen, Jun. 5)
Energy Efficiency Slow to Take Off at Home and Work (GreenBiz, Jun. 4)
Consumers Willing To Pay More For Environmentally Responsible Fuels, Including Clean Coal (EnergyDaily/SPX, May 31)
Green Building
Europe leads in designing buildings that save energy (International Herald Tribune, May 29)
Government
US Adopts Limits on Clean Water Law Enforcement (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jun. 6)
U.S. cutting back on global warming monitoring from space (International Herald Tribune/AP, Jun. 5)
Pelosi wants to pass CO2 bill this year (Yahoo News/Reuters, Jun. 1)
Representative Pushes Benefits of 'Green Collar' Jobs (GreenBiz, Jun. 1)
'Green cities' can come in shades, including gray [New York's environmental proposals] (International Herald Tribune, Jun. 1)
President Bush Urges Nations to Set Emissions Targets (PBS, May 31)
NASA Chief Questions Urgency of Global Warming (NPR, May 31)
Global warming heats up White House race (Yahoo News/AFP, May 31)
California Seeks EPA Approval for Tougher Emissions Curbs (PBS, May 30)
International
No G8 accord on global warming cuts: US (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 6)
Amazon state adopts Brazil's first global warming law (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 5)
Climate change: Green group lashes record of US, Canada, Russia [WWF] (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 5)
Europe's Carbon Trading Market Sees Brisk Business (NPR, Jun. 5)
Key Facts on China and Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jun. 5)
China unveils climate change plan (BBC News, Jun. 4)
Australia PM pledges climate plan (BBC News, Jun. 3)
Japan Threatens to Quit Whaling Body, Ending Turbulent Meeting (National Geographic News, Jun. 1)
Bush's Climate Plan Faces G-8 Opposition (NPR, Jun. 1)
Beijing To Shut Down Heavy Polluters During Games (ENN/Reuters, May 31)
Sweden Aims to Cut Greenhouse Gases 30 Pct by 2020 (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 30)
Carbon Trading Could Help Africa's Poor - World Bank (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 30)
Climate Change
And the Biggest Producer of Greenhouse Gases Is . [GA power plant emits more CO2 than any other] (NPR, Jun. 6)
Antarctic Glaciers Flowing Faster (TerraDaily/AFP, Jun. 5)
UN warning over global ice loss (BBC News, Jun. 4)
Indonesia threatened by global warming, rising sea levels (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 4)
Himalayan glaciers could be gone in 50 years: experts (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 4)
Tiny Island Makes Climate a Priority [Palau] (NPR, Jun. 4)
Climate change blunders mirror Iraq war: Gore (Yahoo News/AFP, Jun. 2)
Report Says Climate Making Forest Fires Bigger (ENN/AP, Jun. 1)
Research Finds Evidence Tropical Cyclones Have Climate-Control Role (TerraDaily/SPX, Jun. 1)
Climate Change Refugees [Water shortages could lead to forced migrations] (Scientific American, Jun.)
Global Warming Models Underpredict Increase in Rainfall, Study Says (National Geographic News, May 31)
Moon might be best place to study Earth's climate (New Scientist, May 31)
Belize forest hit by warming struggles to survive (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 31)
Energy
The Energy Challenge: From Turkey Waste, a New Fuel and a New Fight (N.Y. Times, Jun. 6) Free site registration required
Wind to make 20 percent of power by 2030: advocates (Yahoo News/Reuters, Jun. 5)
First, Cure Malaria. Next, Global Warming. [Biofuels] (N.Y. Times, Jun. 3) Free site registration required
The Energy Challenge: Where Now, for the Wind? (N.Y. Times, Jun. 1) Free site registration required
Amish are surprise champions of solar technology (New Scientist, Jun. 1)
Scientists Seek New Ways to Generate Hydrogen (NPR, Jun. 1)
Pollution
Group Seeks Ban on Detergent Ingredient (ENN/AP, Jun. 6)
Years later, Valdez's stain remains (Christian Science Monitor, Jun. 4)
Brain tumour link to pesticides (BBC News, Jun. 4)
Nuclear Fuel Dump in Russian Arctic in Danger of Exploding, Norwegian Group Says (ENN/AP, Jun. 1)
Satellites Track Human Exposure To Fine Particle Pollution (TerraDaily/SPX, Jun. 1)
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