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Media
 'Green Is Universal' - NBC Universal Commits to Weeklong Environmentally-Based Programming Initiative, Nov. 4 - 10 (NBC, July 16)
Sundance Channel Re-Ups with Scout Productions for Season 2 (CSRwire, July 16)
Greener World Media Launches GreenBiz Wire News Release Distribution Service (CSRwire, July 16)
Film review: Arctic Tale (New Scientist, July 16)
DiCaprio to make a reality series with Discovery for Planet Green (Yahoo News/ANI, July 14)
Create-an-Ad Contest Aims to Push Climate Message (N.Y. Times, July 13) Free site registration required
Paramount Classics Establishes 'Arctic Fund' (PR Newswire, July 11)
Discovery Channel Blows Lid off Australia's Dirty Secret to Find EnviroMission's Ray of Sunshine (Yahoo Finance, July 11)
Get your green on [Attributes of the green audience] (RealScreen, July 1)
Green Living & Social Trends
A Battle Between the Bottle and the Faucet (N.Y. Times, July 16) Free site registration required
Green alternatives decrease wedding waste (Daily Nebraskan, July 16)
Is It Time to Replace Old Fridge With an Energy-Efficient Model? (PR Newswire, July 16)
Finding Friends of the Earth [Eco-tourism resources] (Washington Post, July 15) Free site registration required
Too big for the planet? [Are large families bad for the environment?] (Guardian, July 12)
Waste not: Composting simple and elaborate (Anchorage Daily News, July 12)
Business & Economy
Xerox Joins U.S. Climate Action Partnership (CSRwire, July 18)
Wal-Mart Truck Fleet Rolls Fuel Savings (Washington Post/AP, July 17) Free site registration required
Action needed on climate change: Business group [Business Roundtable] (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 17)
HP Meets Billion Pound Recycling Goal Six Months Early, Sets Target for 2 Billion Pounds by 2010 (CSRwire, July 13)
CEOs sign climate pledge at UN Global Compact (Environmental Finance, July 12)
Sustainability Gets a Warmer Embrace from U.S. Companies (GreenBiz, July)
Commentary
Sex sells, but at what cost? [Fixation on wealth undermining climate change fight] (BBC News, July 16)
Hurricane Wars: The saga continues [Calls for more funding for hurricane research] (Orlando Sentinel, July 15)
Conservation Saves More Than the Environment [Saving money while saving the planet] (Washington Post, July 15) Free site registration required
Florida Governor Makes Climate Change a Priority (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 14)
Green Is the New Yellow [Excesses of "green" journalism] (Slate, July 6)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Could Expand This Year (ENN/Reuters, July 18)
Shanghai To Build Artificial Wetlands To Replace Destroyed Natural Ecosystems (TerraDaily/AFP, July 18)
Experts seek to save rare turtle (BBC News, July 17)
Researchers Study Effect of Fire on Lake Tahoe (NPR, July 16)
Dead Ocelot Bad News for Falling U.S. Population (ENN/Reuters, July 16)
How are species classed as extinct? (BBC News, July 16)
New hope over 'extinct' echidna (BBC News, July 15)
Mining giant to raze apes' forest home (Times UK, July 15)
Package Pilgrims Destroying the Himalayas - Experts (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 13)
Soft Corals "Melting" Due to Warming Seas, Expert Says (National Geographic News, July 13)
Coral Shuffle Helps Reefs Survive Warmer World (ENN/Reuters, July 13)
Polar bears deserting unstable ice to give birth (New Scientist, July 13)
Vital ecosystem services threatened by species loss (New Scientist, July 13)
Malaysia To Try To Clone Threatened Turtles (ENN/Reuters, July 12)
Industry 'threat' to rare African flamingo (BBC News, July 11)
The Truth About Tongass (National Geographic, July)
People in the News
Lady Bird Johnson [Environmental legacy] (Houston Chronicle, July 11)
Technology
World's first hybrid train to debut for commercial service in Japan (International Herald Tribune/AP, July 12)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Survey reveals nation of 'armchair ecologists' [U.K. survey finds concerns about environment don't translate into action] (Guardian, July 18)
Americans Scrutinize Business Practices in Deciding What to Buy (CSRwire, July 12)
Green Building
Green Unseen [Slide show essay on green archictecture] (Slate, July 16)
REI Reaches Milestone in Boulder Store Renovation (CSRwire, July 16)
Eco-Architecture Takes Root In Thailand (EnergyDaily, July 16)
Government
U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Claim by Environmental Groups against EPA Farm Emissions Rules (ENN/AP, July 18)
NYC congestion charge is blocked (BBC News, July 17)
Analysis: Combine Best of Federal Energy Bills (GreenBiz, July 17)
Climate Change Debate Hinges On Economics [Lawmakers doubt voters would fund big carbon cuts] (Washington Post, July 15) Free site registration required
Navy Wins Permission To Keep Using Newer Sonar Technology, over Environmentalist Concerns (ENN/AP, July 13)
Top Government Regulator Defends Administration's Latest Antismog Rule (ENN/AP, July 13)
The Sunshine State vs. Global Warming [Florida] (Time.com, July 12)
'Faux' gas tax tests resolve on global warming (Christian Science Monitor, July 12)
Compromise bill on global warming gets industry and labor support (International Herald Tribune, July 11)
International
Australian Prime Minister Announces Carbon Trading System by 2011 (ENN/AP, July 17)
Problem with Desertification in China Decreasing as Area of Sanded Land Shrinks (ENN/AP, July 17)
Annan to Lead Green Revolution for African Agriculture (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 17)
UN head: US should be at climate meeting (Yahoo News/AP, July 17)
Five Facts on India and Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 16)
India makes climate change move (BBC News, July 13)
China's recycling 'saves forests' (BBC News, July 13)
EU tightens toxic shipment rules (BBC News, July 12)
The Green Leap Forward [Environmentalism in China] (Washington Monthly, July/Aug.)
Climate Change
Water find 'may end Darfur war' (BBC News, July 18)
Glaciers in Retreat (N.Y. Times, July 17) Free site registration required
China Says Climate Change Drying up Major Rivers (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 17)
Global Warming: How Do Scientists Know They're Not Wrong? (Yahoo News/LiveScience, July 16)
Warming may bring hurricanes to Mediterranean (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 16)
National Park climate study urges new measures [Full report here] (Missoulian, July 16)
Drought Threatens Navajo's Crops, Culture (NPR, July 15)
Annan's new agency to look at climate change impact (Yahoo News/AFP, July 13)
China glaciers melting at alarming rate (Yahoo News/AFP, July 12)
Study Paints Dire Picture of Warmer Northeast [Full study here] (N.Y. Times, July 12) Free site registration required
Foundation Announces First Six Grants From $100 Million Climate Change Initiative (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, July 5)
Energy
Japan Quake Triggered Dozens Of Faults At Nuclear Plant (EnergyDaily/AFP, July 18)
'Green' Fuel May Damage Chesapeake Bay (Washington Post, July 17)
Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money (N.Y. Times, July 16) Free site registration required
Harnessing the Sun: Facts and Myths about Solar Power (ENN, July 13)
Pollution
Doctors, Democrats Scrutinize September 11 Dust (ENN/Reuters, July 18)
OECD paints bleak picture of pollution in China (Guardian, July 17)
China Says World Bank's Death-By-Pollution Figures Are Baseless (ENN/Reuters, July 17)
Pollution risks to people slip through net in tests on fish (Guardian, July 13)
Air pollution holds risks for athletes who exercise outdoors (International Herald Tribune, July 12)
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