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Media
DiCaprio Brightens up on Gloomy Green Outlook (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 14)
The Green Team [Profiles of green trendsetters in TV industry] (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
Nets Rally for Positive Cause and Effect (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
The Sundance Kid and The Environment (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
'Planet' Set Spinning [Discovery Starts Brand-Building Push, Plans First Major Affiliate Campaigns] (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
Listening to the Kids [Nick News' "If I Could Talk to the Elephants"] (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
Operators, Networks Walk The Green Walk (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
 Networks Get With The Eco-Program (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
The Mean Green Marketing Machine (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
CLIMBING and URBAN CLIMBER Magazine Publisher, Skram Media, Partners with Carbonfund.org (CSRwire, Aug. 10)
Top ten green websites (Guardian, Aug. 9)
MTV Celebrates Season 20 Of "The Real World By Rolling Out the Green Carpet..." (MTV, Aug. 9)
Green Group Withdraws Bid for BSkyB Climate Campaign (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 9)
Green Living & Social Trends
On the anti-bottled-water bandwagon (L.A. Times, Aug. 14)
Now, Even Those Temporary Wheels Can Be Greener (N.Y. Times, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
Water, Water Everywhere, but Guilt by the Bottleful (N.Y. Times, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
Nurses Warm to Campaign Against Climate Change (Washington Post, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
Business & Economy
Gearing Up Greener Goods (Multichannel News, Aug. 13)
Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously [Shareholders press companies on global warming] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
Ford CEO Says Fuel Economy Standards Are Market Distorting (ENN/AP, Aug. 9)
Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Carbon Neutral Project In Collaboration With Costa Rica (CSRwire, Aug. 9)
The Doctor Is In: Sustainability Reporting for Corporate Health (GreenBiz, Aug.)
Ways to Green a Small Business (GreenBiz, Aug.)
Small Packages Have Big Impact (GreenBiz, Aug.)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
The editorials urge us to cut emissions, but the ads tell a very different story (Guardian, Aug. 14)
Miners' Plight Prompts Discussion: Coal's dark future (Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 14)
Kick the bottled-water habit (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 14)
Carbon Challenge (Washington Post, Aug. 13) Free site registration required
Pulling the plug on wasting water (BBC News, Aug. 13)
The science of skepticism (Boston Herald, Aug. 12)
The crisis under the ice ["Global warming enabled Russia's Arctic land grab, and now it could get worse."] (L.A. Times, Aug. 9)
The New Myth About Climate Change (Foreign Policy, Aug.)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Water Levels in 3 Great Lakes Dip Far Below Normal (N.Y. Times, Aug. 14) Free site registration required
Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' (BBC News, Aug. 14)
Russia plans Arctic national park amid northern surge (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 14)
Oil drilling in Bering Sea may hurt endangered right whales (Anchorage Daily News/AP, Aug. 14)
Amazon Deforestation Drops 25 Percent, Brazil Says (National Geographic News, Aug. 14)
Call to save Australia's great savannah (New Scientist, Aug. 13)
Eating Fish: Good for Heart, Bad for Environment? (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 13)
Rare Tortoises' "Entombment" To End, Florida Officials Say (National Geographic News, Aug. 10)
Research Reports Good Environmental News (ENN/AP, Aug. 10)
Rare birds of Britain brought back from brink under wing of EU law (Guardian, Aug. 10)
Ferrets Slinking Back From Brink of Extinction in U.S. (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)
Pygmy elephants face uncertain future (Guardian, Aug. 9)
A quest to save South America's freshwater dolphins (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 9)
Purple Snail May Be Climate Change Casualty (NPR, Aug. 8)
Technology
Technology is key on global warming: Bush adviser (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 14)
Indian Auto Firms Race to Develop Greener Vehicles (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 13)
It Takes Deep Pockets to Fight Global Warming (N.Y. Times, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
Technology Companies Tout Greener Credentials, but Significant Improvements Are Distant (ENN/AP, Aug. 9)
'Sunshade' for global warming could cause drought (New Scientist, Aug. 9)
People & Places in the News
Map reveals ancient urban sprawl (BBC News, Aug. 14)
Climate Campaigners Set Up Camp at London's Heathrow (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 13)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Millions say it is too much effort to adopt greener lifestyle (Guardian, Aug. 15)
Green Building
AOL Co-Founder to Build Sustainable Luxury Resorts (GreenBiz, Aug. 14)
U.S. & Government
Peer reviews flunk Bush administration plans for spotted owl (OPB News/AP, Aug. 13)
ANALYSIS - US Congress Goes After Big Oil's Tax Breaks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 13)
EPA gets push on emissions controls (Baltimore Sun, Aug. 13)
U.S. sends mixed message on climate (L.A. Times, Aug. 12)
BLM proposes major upswing in logging (Oregonian, Aug. 10)
Has Bush Abandoned the Everglades? (Time, Aug. 10)
California Senator Boxer Touts Marine Pollution Bill (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 10)
Clinton on the Record [Sen. Clinton interviewed re: energy and the environment] (Grist, Aug. 9)
Energy Secretary Bodman Says DoE Will Have Conservation Plan in Place by Next Year (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 9)
International
Wolfowitz 'tried to censor World Bank on climate change' (Independent, Aug. 14)
Environmentalists urge Brown to overhaul Britain's energy policy to meet EU targets (Guardian, Aug. 14)
INTERVIEW - Kyoto Projects Harm Ozone Layer - UN Official (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 14)
Study Suggests Carbon Market Encourages Chopping Forests (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 14)
China Jails Environment Activist, Cuts Dissident's Term (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 13)
EU's climate targets 'ambitious' (BBC News, Aug. 13)
Reward Offered for China Cities Curbing Pollution (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 13)
As British taxes target gas guzzlers, sales of greener cars double (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 10)
Japan Emissions to Rise, Kyoto Target at Risk - Paper (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 9)
Canada Expands National Park in Northern Wilds (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 9)
London eyes Paris-style bike hire scheme (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 9)
Asian Countries Pledge to Tackle Health Problems Linked to Environment (ENN/AP, Aug. 9)
Climate Change
NASA Revisions Create a Stir in The Blogosphere (Washington Post, Aug. 15) Free site registration required
Global warming boosts crop disease (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 14)
At Australia's Bunny Fence, Variable Cloudiness Prompts Climate Study (N.Y. Times, Aug. 14) Free site registration required
Arctic sea ice set to hit new low (BBC News, Aug. 13)
Scientists try new ways to predict climate risks (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 12)
Climate change, humans endanger historic Silk Road stop (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 12)
Trees Won't Fix Global Warming (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Aug. 12)
World Water Week to focus on climate change, biofuels (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 11)
Extreme weather? Sure. Blame global warming? Not so fast (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 10)
Soot 'influences Arctic climate' (BBC News, Aug. 10)
Climate Change And Permafrost Thaw Alter Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Northern Wetlands (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 10)
What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 10)
Analysts See 'Simply Incredible' Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Free site registration required
U.S. Coal-Burning Boom Drastically Warmed Arctic (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)
INTERVIEW - Asia Floods Show Climate Change Risks Ahead - UN (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 9)
Aid to Help Asia and Africa With Effects of Warming (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9) Free site registration required
Warming to Level Off, Then Speed Back Up, New Model Predicts (National Geographic News, Aug. 9)
Energy
Energy Firms Plan New Nuclear Power Plants (NPR, Aug. 15)
Concerns Linger for 2020 Nuclear Dump Opening (NPR, Aug. 15)
Adding Up Renewable Energy (Energy Daily, Aug. 15)
Making Global Warming Cuts Expensive but Feasible for Power Industry, Study Says [Full study here] (ENN/AP, Aug. 14)
Harness the Sun to Save Money, Save the Earth (ENN/AP, Aug. 14)
After oil and gas, Sahara sunshine? (Boston Globe/AP, Aug. 11)
Solar power - in the rain (Guardian, Aug. 9)
US wind industry expects to add 3,000MW in 2007 (Environmental Finance, Aug. 9)
Pollution
Seeking Relief Where the Air Is Deemed the Dirtiest (N.Y. Times/AP, Aug. 12) Free site registration required
High Temperatures Hurt Air Quality (NPR, Aug. 10)
Calif. farm town is nation's smoggiest (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 10)
Athletes Struggle for Air Amid China's Pollution (NPR, Aug. 9)
Pollution May Cancel Out China's Economic Growth (NPR, Aug. 9)
Is a Chemical in Plastic Bottles a Hazard to Humans? (NPR, Aug. 9)
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