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Media
The Small Screen Goes Green (Hartford Courant, Aug. 7)
Discovery Brings Green to the Masses (Washington Post, Aug. 6) Free site registration required
Plan to link up with BSkyB splits Friends of the Earth (Guardian, Aug. 6)
 Discovery buys TreeHugger.com (Washington Business Journal, Aug. 1)
Green Living & Social Trends
Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist Fold (Washington Post, Aug. 8) Free site registration required
Homegrown isn't always best [Is reducing food miles necessarily good for the environment?] (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 6)
Greening Up by Cutting Down on Plastic Bags (N.Y. Times, Aug. 5) Free site registration required
Eco-Chic Clubs Put Energy Into Conservation (Washington Post/AP, Aug. 3) Free site registration required
Do 'Green' Appliances Live Up to Their Billing? (Wall Street Journal, Aug. 2)
Take It Outside: Schools encouraged to connect curriculum to nature (Detroit Free Press, Aug. 1)
Business & Economy
From the Great to the Greenwashed; New Site 'My Green Element' Launches to Track Environmental Communications Campaigns (CSRwire, Aug. 7)
Spanish Winemakers Go Cooler to Stay in the Game (NPR, Aug. 6)
Hotels Go Green (PR Newswire, Aug. 6)
Firms guilty of making 'fake green claims' (Sunday Herald, Aug. 5)
Chase Opens its First "Green" Bank Branch in U.S. (CSRwire, Aug. 3)
Steve Case's Eco-Getaway (Washington Post, Aug. 3) Free site registration required
Starbucks Sparks Conversation on Climate Crisis by Hosting "National Day Of Discussion" (CSRwire, Aug. 2)
Sustainability Reporting More Common Among Top Global Brands (GreenBiz, Aug. 2)
Commentary
Guilt relief in global warming [Carbon offsets] (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 7)
Make EPA do its job (Register-Guard, Aug. 7)
Kick the car makers ["Congress should raise fuel-economy standards to save the U.S. auto industry from itself..."] (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 5)
Low Energy ["A House bill nibbles at the edges of a bigger problem."] (Washington Post, Aug. 3) Free site registration required
Energy and the Simpsons [Nuclear power] (Boston Globe, Aug. 2)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Yangtze river dolphin driven to extinction (Guardian, Aug. 8)
In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America's Regreening (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8) Free site registration required
India's Tigers Number Half as Many as Thought (National Geographic News, Aug. 7)
Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests (National Geographic News, Aug. 7)
Whale fears silence US Navy sonar (BBC News, Aug. 7)
Aceh War a Blessing in Disguise for Orangutans (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 7)
Chestnut tree poised for comeback (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 7)
Tuna Shift from Pet Food to Delicacy as Stocks Fall (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 6)
Up Close in the Arctic, Beluga Whales under Threat (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 6)
Ecologists hit out at Ecuador for legalising shark fin sales (Guardian, Aug. 6)
Scientists Use Satellites to Track Endangered Macaws (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 3)
"Sex Tree," Other Medicinal Plants Near Extinction in Uganda (National Geographic News, Aug. 3)
Zimbabwe's Wildlife Decimated by Economic Crisis (National Geographic News, Aug. 1)
Common Grassland Birds Disappearing in Midwest (Online NewsHour, July 31)
Were bison one of globalization's first victims? (Globe and Mail, July 31)
Technology
Berkeley Lab Offers Ultraclean Combustion Technology For Electricity Generation (EnergyDaily/SPX, Aug. 7)
A More Efficient Engine (Technology Review, Aug. 3)
'Sunshade' for global warming could cause drought (New Scientist, Aug. 2)
People in the News
Gore: Polluters manipulate climate info (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 7)
Heathrow Airport Wins Injunction to Stop Environmental Protesters (ENN/AP, Aug. 7)
Star of hit show 24 fights global warming 'crime' (Guardian, Aug. 7)
Race Around the World for a Cause (NPR, Aug. 4)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Voters Looking for Leadership on Green Issues--Poll (WWF Canada, July 30)
Green Building
Sustainable Construction Project at Alcoa's Juruti, Brazil Site Wins Prestigious Architecture Award (CSRwire, Aug. 8)
Columbia College Launches Sustainable Design Degrees (GreenBiz, Aug. 7)
Going Green Without Starting From Scratch (Washington Post, Aug. 5) Free site registration required
Builders embracing recycled products (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 3)
Government
House Energy Bill to Boost Green Job Training (GreenBiz, Aug. 7)
Energy Bill Adopted by House Requires Utilities to Use Renewable Power Sources (N.Y. Times, Aug. 5) Free site registration required
White House threatens to veto House energy bill (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 3)
Environmentalists Allege Political Meddling with EPA Smog Analysis (ENN/AP, Aug. 3)
Senators Line Up Behind Economy-Wide Approach to Slow Global Warming (ENN/AP, Aug. 3)
Federal Judge Halts Logging in Washington Habitat of Threatened Spotted Owl (ENN/AP, Aug. 2)
EPA faces suit over farm use of once-banned insecticide (Seattle Times, Aug. 1)
International
Japan to Study Carbon Trading for Companies - Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 6)
Bush calls climate change talks (BBC News, Aug. 3)
Nations Urge Action on Global Warming at U.N. (NPR, Aug. 3)
UN Climate Chief Skeptical about Global Carbon Tax (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 2)
Climate Change
The Truth About Denial [Global warming deniers] (Newsweek, Aug. 13)
The Earth fights back [Climate change and earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis] (Guardian, Aug. 7)
Extreme weather: A global problem (International Herald Tribune/AP, Aug. 7)
UN official says climate change could destroy swathes of Indian farmland (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 7)
Life-Forms "Resurrected" After Millennia in Ice (National Geographic News, Aug. 6)
European heatwaves 'have doubled' (BBC News, Aug. 4)
Stronger Wildfires Part of Emerging Global Pattern (NPR, Aug. 4)
Global warming fight may get boost from ozone plan (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 3)
Shrinking Lake Superior Also Heating Up (National Geographic News, Aug. 3)
"Brown Clouds" Contribute to Himalaya Glacier Melt (National Geographic News, Aug. 1)
Greenland Residents Detect Sea Changes (Online NewsHour, Aug. 1)
Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 1)
Warming of glaciers threatens millions in China (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 1)
Developing world seeks funds, technology to tackle climate change (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 1)
Energy
Energy Search Goes Underground (ENN/AP, Aug. 6)
Tapping Into Space For Energy (EnergyDaily, Aug. 6)
Investment in renewables surges to meet demand for alternative energy (Guardian, Aug. 6)
Radioactive Debate [Nuclear energy] (Newsweek, Aug. 5)
Buoys flex artificial muscles for renewable energy (New Scientist, Aug. 3)
Pollution
Pollution closes record number of beaches: study (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 7)
One year on, war pollution still stains Lebanon's shores (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 7)
Beijing pollution to cast pall over olympic performance (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 6)
China Economic Boom Polluting Seas And Skies Of East Asia (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 4)
Bolivia's Lake Titicaca strangled by pollution (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 3)
Scientists issue warning on chemical [Compound found in plastics may be causing reproductive disorders] (L.A. Times, Aug. 3)
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