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Media
The Environmental News Network (ENN) Relaunches a Re-Designed Website, Drawing Content from a New Editorial Affiliate Program (CSRwire, Aug. 20)
'The 11th Hour': Inconvenient truths on the environment that give breathing room for hope (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 17)
'The 11th Hour' [L.A. Times, Aug. 17)
24 Hours to Save the Planet [The greening of Hollywood] (Buzzle.com, Aug.)
Green Living & Social Trends
Green gardening: save the planet (Telegraph UK, Aug. 21)
Eco plants that gobble up toxins (Telegraph UK, Aug. 21)
A Harmonic Convergence in Union Square [Green living in New York neighborhood] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 19) Free site registration required
The Bounty Around Us [Fixing global by eating local] (Seattle Times, Aug. 19)
Green studies for the blue planet [Academic studies in the environment] (Guardian, Aug. 17)
Denser than thou [Website gives neighborhood "walkability" scores] (Crosscut, Aug. 17)
Air travel latest target in climate change fight (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 17)
For this fall, green is in [Stores hope new products will lure crowds of eco-conscious teens headed back to school] (Boston Globe, Aug. 17)
In Despair Over the Polar Bear [Eco-anxiety] (Time, Aug. 17)
The new public enemy number one: bottled water (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 15)
Business & Economy
Interest in Sustainable Furniture on the Rise (GreenBiz, Aug. 22)
Eyes on the Sweet Spot, Authors of "The Triple Bottom Line" Launch New Weblog Tracking Trends, Issues in Sustainable Business (CSRwire, Aug. 21)
More Companies Want Outsource Vendors to Green Operations: Survey (GreenBiz, Aug. 20)
Sony, Waste Management Launch E-waste Recycling Program (GreenBiz, Aug. 20)
Eco-millionaires see boom times ahead (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 20)
Business World Finally Sees Potential Profits in Joining the Battle against Global Warming (ENN/AP, Aug. 17)
REI Introduces Eco-Sensitive Icon to Identify Outdoor Products with Reduced Environmental Impact (CSRwire, Aug. 16)
Pressure grows on US companies to act on climate (Environmental Finance, Aug. 16)
Cost of Saving the Climate Meets Real-World Hurdles [Carbon offsets] (Washington Post, Aug. 16) Free site registration required
Fighting climate change, one lawsuit at a time (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 15)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Drunk on ethanol (L.A. Times, Aug. 20)
Cheney's 'virtue' [Energy conservation] (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 20)
A clash of values over wind turbines (Oregonian, Aug. 19)
Dump the foam (L.A. Times, Aug. 16)
World of warming [U.S. loans hurt effort to limit climate change] (Sacramento Bee, Aug. 15)
In Defense of Carbon Offsets (GreenBiz, Aug.)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Vampire Bats Attacking Cattle as Rain Forest Falls (National Geographic News, Aug. 20)
 Male Elephants Get Photo IDs From Scientists (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 20)
Humans Fostering Forest-Destroying Disease (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 20)
Imagine a Britain running wild (Guardian, Aug. 19)
Hordes of Zebras, Elephants Moved to Restock Kenya Park (National Geographic News, Aug. 17)
Green Activists Assail India's Forest Mining Push (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 17)
Climate change devastating wildlife in East Africa (SciDev.net, Aug. 17)
Tropical trees 'stunted by higher temperatures' (SciDev.net, Aug. 17)
Congo Gorilla Killings Fueled by Illegal Charcoal Trade (National Geographic News, Aug. 16)
Two oceans could be choking to death (Anchorage Daily News/AP, Aug. 16)
"Living Fossil" Fish Making Last Stand in China (National Geographic News, Aug. 15)
Technology
Scientist unveils plan on climate change [Fertilize ocean so more plankton can grow] (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 20)
"Volcano Cure" for Warming? Not So Fast, Study Says (National Geographic News, Aug. 17)
Scientists seek new ways to feed the world amid global warming (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 17)
GM Could Begin Producing Plug-in Hybrids by 2010 (GreenBiz, Aug. 16)
People & Places in the News
Environmental protesters strike across country (Times UK, Aug. 20)
Konrad Steffen: The Global Warming Prophet (Popular Science, July)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Americans Reach Environmental Turning Point...Companies Need to Catch Up According to Gfk Roper Green Gauge(R) Study (CSRwire, Aug. 21)
Canadians fear pollution hurting health: poll (Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 20)
Americans Consider Super-Efficient Cars Best Environmental Fix, Survey Finds (PND, Aug. 12)
Green Building
A House Made of What? [Straw Finds Niche as Eco-Friendly Building Material] (Washington Post, Aug. 20) Free site registration required
If house has to go, at least it can go 'green' -- piece by piece [Green deconstruction] (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 19)
Urban planning needs rethink as climate change looms (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 17)
Eco-friendly goals vary by region as well as by gender (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 17)
EPA to Grant $1M to SMEs for Green Building Upgrades (GreenBiz, Aug. 16)
U.S. and Government
Environmentalists win White House suit (Yahoo News/AP, Aug. 22)
San Francisco Works to Curb Bottled Water Waste (Online NewsHour, Aug. 21)
Federal government still seeks NPR-A drilling (Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 21)
Priority changes on green policies [Congress on global warming] (L.A. Times, Aug. 21)
Bush administration forestry official faces contempt hearing (Ashland Daily Tidings/AP, Aug. 20)
Modern-day gold rush threatens Grand Canyon (New Scientist, Aug. 17)
Bush to Create of Advanced Energy Research Agency (GreenBiz, Aug. 17)
International
Rich 'can pay poor to cut carbon' (BBC News, Aug. 22)
Amazon forest sold off in housing scam, claims Greenpeace (Independent, Aug. 21)
China prays for Olympic wind as car bans fail to shift Beijing smog (Guardian, Aug. 21)
Norway Debates the Promise, Costs of New Drilling (Washington Post, Aug. 21) Free site registration required
China's emissions drop but situation grim (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 21)
Environmental groups slam German climate plans (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 21)
Freshwater Supplies Threatened In Central Pacific (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 20)
EU emissions trading scheme an 'embarrassing failure', think tank says (Edie, Aug. 17)
Egyptian villages fight water war (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 16)
China sounds retreat against encroaching deserts (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 16)
Climate Change
Polar Ice Clouds May Be Climate Change Symptom (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 21)
Climate change called security issue like Cold War (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 21)
Arctic Ice at All-Time Low (National Geographic News, Aug. 20)
Warming Will Exacerbate Global Water Conflicts (Washington Post, Aug. 20) Free site registration required
Australian Scientists Call For Ocean Network Probe (Planet Ark/Reuters, Aug. 20)
Q&A: Aviation emissions (BBC News, Aug. 20)
Climate Connections: Algeria vs. the Sahara (NPR, Aug. 18)
Parched Spanish Coast Taps Sea Water for Growth (NPR, Aug. 18)
Hundreds get naked on glacier to expose climate change (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 18)
Hunger risk in developing countries could worsen with climate change, UN official says (Edie, Aug. 17)
Atlantic yields climate secrets (BBC News, Aug. 16)
Scientists warn on climate tipping points (Guardian, Aug. 16)
How better-fed cows could cool the planet (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 16)
In global warming, all research is local (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 16)
Lake Tahoe warmer, dirtier - scientists worry (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 16)
Irrigation May Not Cool The Globe In The Future (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 16)
Energy
Space Solar Energy Has Future (Solar Daily, Aug. 21)
Want the next big energy source? Dig in the weeds (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 20)
New Field for Earmarks in U.S. Goals on Energy (N.Y. Times, Aug. 18) Free site registration required
Forget biofuels - burn oil and plant forests instead (New Scientist, Aug. 16)
Costs keep solar on the sidelines, at least for now (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 16)
Critics Assail Uganda Hydropower Project (NPR, Aug. 16)
On US border, a surge in tidal-power projects (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 16)
Washington's small businesses tap into green power (International Herald Tribune, Aug. 15)
Pollution
Africa wages war on scourge of plastic bags (Yahoo News/Reuters, Aug. 20)
WHO fears over Beijing pollution (BBC News, Aug. 17)
Railways' Toxic Emissions Tied to Higher Cancer Risk (NPR, Aug. 16)
A polluted river runs through it - the toxic heart of India's boom (Times UK, Aug. 16)
BP agrees to reconsider refinery dumping plans (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 15) Free site registration required
Pollution Causes 40 Percent Of Deaths Worldwide, Study Finds (ScienceDaily, Aug. 14)
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