Environmental Newsletter 07/03/2007

 Media

top storyBroadcasters eye 2 billion for Live Earth (Reuters, July 3)

Starbucks Signs Up to Promote "Green" Movie (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Indian Thriller To Prick Conscience on Poaching (ENN/Reuters, June 28)

Ratatouille and Department of Energy TV Spot [Disney and DOE promote compact fluroescents] (Department of Energy, June 14)

 Green Living & Social Trends

Humanity gobbles a quarter of nature's resources (New Scientist, July 2)

Buying Into the Green Movement [Does eco-friendly shopping reduce global warming?] (N.Y. Times, July 1) Free site registration required

Will you pledge (to fight global warming)? [Live Earth concertgoers asked to take pledge] (New Scientist, June 29)

 Business & Economy

top storyCompanies Giving Green an Office [Many corporations employ chief sustainability officers] (N.Y. Times, July 3) Free site registration required

Cadbury Schweppes Unveils Plan to Cut Emissions (GreenBiz, July 2)

Raising the Bar on Carbon Forestry Projects (GreenBiz, July)

Alcoa Dedicates $1 Million to Protect Amazon Species (GreenBiz, June 28)

Ford, Chrysler Join U.S. Climate Action Partnership (GreenBiz, June 28)

 Commentary

Flying high [Comeback of bald eagle reaffirms value of Endangered Species Act] (Houston Chronicle, July 1)

A universal threat, a generational challenge [Al Gore op/ed] (International Herald Tribune, July 1)

Alarmist global warming claims melt under scientific scrutiny [Op/ed from Heartland Institute's James M. Taylor] (Chicago Sun-Times, June 30)

Our Gas Guzzlers, Their Lives [Nicholas Kristof on the effect of climate change on Africa] (StopGlobalWarming.org, June 28)

Bush's public lands legacy is a sad sight to behold (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 26)

 Ecosystems & Biodiversity

Hurricanes May Aid Stressed Coral (ENN/AP, July 3)

Study adds twist to deformity mystery (Boston Globe, July 2)

Climate change sceptics criticise polar bear science (New Scientist, July 1)

Scientists Use Elephant Seals to Monitor Oceans (NPR, June 30)

Tracking plan for rare India croc (BBC News, June 28)

U.S., Mexico and Canada To Protect Threatened Monarch Butterflies and Porpoises (ENN/AP, June 28)

Wilderness almost non-existent on planet Earth: study (Yahoo News/AFP, June 28)

Plant Mappers Push to Keep Up with Climate Swings (NPR, June 27)

 Energy

Nuclear Energy Hot Topic Once Again (ENN/AP, July 2)

Nuclear energy hot topic once again (Yahoo News/AP, July 1)

CITGO Petroleum and Subsidiary Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes (PR Newswire, June 27)

Electric utilities to study new solar technology (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 27)

 Public Opinion & Surveys

'Scepticism' over climate claims [56% of those surveyed believe scientists were still questioning climate change] (BBC News, July 3)

Come on, gang, let's save the world! [UK survey suggests teenagers aren't that interested in climate change] (Guardian, June 28)

top storyPoll: Environment Tops List of Global Concerns [Pew survey. Full results here.] (VOA, June 27)

 Green Building

Going green can save the green (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 29)

 Government

California governor accused of playing politics on warming rules (San Francisco Chronicle, July 3)

US House Passes Bill Affirming Global Warming Exists (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Key US Senators Reach Deal on CO2 Emissions (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Bald Eagles Soar Off Endangered Species List, But Will Act Be Weakened? (National Geographic News, June 28)

 International

WHO urges Asia to prepare for climate change crises (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 2)

Indonesia Wants Deforestation in New Climate Deal (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 2)

Farmland to revert to forest in China's green plan (New Scientist, June 30)

World Bank to Focus on Climate in Latin America (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

Treaty Amended to Allow Carbon Burial Off Europe (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 29)

EU paper shows options on warming Europe (Yahoo News/AP, June 29)

China's development is costing the Himalayas: activist (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 29)

Satellite snaps first images of mysterious glowing clouds [May be linked to global warming] (New Scientist, June 29)

Burgeoning cities face catastrophe, says UN [Big rise in poverty, slums and pollution feared] (Guardian, June 28)

Panama Canal Expansion Spurs Environmental Debate (National Geographic News, June 27)

India's "people's cars" spur green nightmare fear (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 27)

Paying Developing Countries Not to Burn Forests (NPR, June 26)

 Climate Change

Drought Forces Desert Nomads to Settle Down (NPR, July 2)

Global Warming Drying Up Ancient Arctic Ponds (National Geographic News, July 2)

2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts (Yahoo News/Reuters, June 29)

NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate And Ozone Questions (TerraDaily/SPX, June 28)

Likely Spread of Deserts to Fertile Land Requires Quick Response, U.N. Report Says (N.Y. Times, June 28) Free site registration required

Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska (N.Y. Times, June 28) Free site registration required

Heatwaves will 'boost death rate' (BBC News, June 27)

Biosphere 2 Reopens for Climate Study (NPR, June 27)

  Pollution

top storyWorld Bank Says Pollution Kills 460,000 Chinese a Year (ENN/Reuters, July 3)

Olympic host Beijing gasping for air (Yahoo News/AFP, July 1)