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Media
Surfing Magazine Announces Carbon Neutrality (GreenBiz, June 12)
Film Festival Is Turning The Silver Screen Green [Silverdocs] (Washington Post, June 12) Free site registration required
Greens take issue with magazine paper [Paper in Rolling Stone green issue contains no recycled content] (International Herald Tribune, June 11)
PBS to Air New Weekly Television Series Dedicated to 'Building Green' (PR Newswire, May 15)
Green Living & Social Trends
Are You Eating Dinner on a Piece of Rainforest? [Furniture] (ENN/Reuters, June 11)
Going Green at Work (Newsweek, June 11)
Going for the Green [Eco-friendly travel] (Washington Post, June 10) Free site registration required
How to Find a Hotel That's Truly Fit for The Eco-Friendly (Washington Post, June 10) Free site registration required
Guilty About Flying? Just Click. [Offsets] (Washington Post, June 10) Free site registration required
U.S. Religious Leaders Assert Need To Act on Climate (ENN/Reuters, June 8)
Going Green at the Office (Time, June 7)
A vegetarian diet reduces the diner's carbon footprint (International Herald Tribune, June 6)
Business & Economy
"Green" MBAs unite tree-huggers and pinstripes (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 13)
Green Is Good, Environmentally-Friendly Marketers Say (Advertising Age, June 12)
Businesses accused of green hypocrisy [Shell and Toyota criticized] (Guardian, June 12)
Colleges make green commitment (Yahoo News/AP, June 12)
More hotels using eco-friendly design (USA Today, June 10)
Greener World Media Announces First Four Members of its "Green 16" Sponsorship [GM, BP, Johnson Controls and Green Mountain Energy] (CSRwire, June 8)
US CEOs Want Leadership on Carbon from Washington (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 8)
GHG resolutions get highest votes at GM, ExxonMobil (Environmental Finanace, June 7)
The Rise of the Chief Green Officer (GreenBiz, June)
Commentary
The Democrats Lag on Warming (N.Y. Times, June 10) Free site registration required
So-so summit: The G-8 ends with unanswered questions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 10)
Carbon Divide: Detroit, coal states offer false choice (Sacramento Bee, June 8)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Deadlock on elephant ivory deal (BBC News, June 13)
DNA kit to fight trade in endangered animals (Guardian, June 12)
Massive Animal Herds Flourishing Despite Sudan War, Survey Reveals (National Geographic News, June 12)
Sawfish protection acquires teeth (BBC News, June 11)
Kenya calls for urgent action to save receding Lake Victoria (Yahoo News/AFP, June 11)
Forest management may lead to worse wildfires (New Scientist, June 11)
Logging May Wreck Orangutan Forests in a Decade, UN Says (ENN/AP, June 11)
Panel Votes To Ban Bottom Trawling in Northern Bering Sea (ENN/AP, June 11)
Call for wildlife reserve to cover 30% of oceans (Guardian, June 9)
Shark trade restriction bid fails (BBC News, June 8)
Caribbean's Reef-Building Coral at Risk (ENN/AP, June 8)
Divers Begin Removing Artificial Tire Reef That Wreaked Havoc on Ocean Floor (ENN/AP, June 8)
African Logging Decimating Pristine Forests, Report Warns (National Geographic News, June 7)
Europe's seas face 'bleak future' (BBC News, June 7)
Crime Syndicates Smuggling Wildlife (ENN/AP, June 7)
Technology
Push-Button Climate Modeling Now Available (TerraDaily/SPX, June 11)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
College Students More Concerned About Environment than Jobs (GreenBiz, June 11)
First Annual World Environment Review Poll Reveals Countries Want Governments to Take Strong Action on Climate Change (GMI, June 5)
Green Building
First zero-emission home unveiled (BBC News, June 11)
Green buildings save money -- and the planet (Register-Guard, June 10)
Government
Democrats Building Energy Bill Face Competing Goals (NPR, June 12)
Stemming tide of plastic bags [CA's new mandatory plastic bag recycling program] (Sacramento Bee, June 12)
Bush administration calls for cutting spotted owl habitat (Olympian, June 12)
Justices Let Companies Sue To Recover Costs in Voluntary Cleanups (ENN/AP, June 12)
Lawmakers Want Capitol to Go Green (Washington Post/AP, June 11) Free site registration required
Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level (Washington Post, June 9) Free site registration required
NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments (N.Y. Times, June 9) Free site registration required
Bush Administration Considering Cheaper Ways To Monitor Global Warming (ENN/AP, June 8)
Interest in Climate Change Heats Up in 2008 Race (NPR, June 8)
U.S. auto chiefs make headway against fuel economy rules (International Herald Tribune, June 7)
International
Western States, Provinces To Set 'Green' Region (NPR, June 12)
Tuvalu Envoy Takes Up Global Warming Fight (NPR, June 12)
World Bank plans international fund to fight deforestation (Yahoo News/AFP, June 11)
China and India reject climate change deal (Telegraph, June 9)
FACTBOX-G8 agreement on tackling climate change (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 7)
Climate Change
New Oak Ridge Theory Aims To Explain Recent Temperature And Climate Extremes (TerraDaily/SPX, June 13)
Global warming is speeding up ocean waves (New Scientist, June 12)
Global Warming Not To Blame For The Woes Of Kilimanjaro (TerraDaily/SPX, June 12)
Pacific Island Cultures Brace for Climate Change (NPR, June 11)
Dirty Snow May Warm Arctic As Much As Greenhouse Gases (TerraDaily/SPX, June 11)
Global Warming Melts Andean Glaciers Toward Oblivion (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 8)
Reshaping Alaska: The Effects of Climate Change (NPR, June 8)
Arctic way of life threatened by global warming [Indigenous groups] (Yahoo News/AFP, June 8)
Heritage sites threatened by climate change (New Scientist, June 7)
Climate change wreaks havoc on Asian water resources (Yahoo News/AFP, June 7)
Current Hurricane Amount at "Normal" Level, Study Says (National Geographic News, June 6)
Energy
Safe cars versus fuel efficiency? Not so fast. (Christian Science Monitor, June 12)
Role for coal 'continues to soar' (BBC News, June 12)
Green Group Slams EU Carbon-Trading System (EnergyDaily/AFP, June 12)
Top scientist says biofuels are scam (Times UK, June 10)
Pollution
Beached Coal Ship Risks Australian Marine Disaster (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 12)
China's air, water pollution worsening (Yahoo News/AFP, June 12)
Contaminated Zone Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Becomes Wildlife Haven, Intriguing Biologists (ENN/AP, June 8)
Pest-Resistant Crops Better Than Insecticide Use, Analysis Says (National Geographic News, June 7)
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