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Media
Al Gore collects interactive Emmy for Current TV (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 17)
The Jane Fonda Effect [1979 movie "The China Syndrome."] (N.Y. Times, Sept. 16) Site requires free registration
Announcing the Winner of a Green-Themed Webisode Writing Contest (CSRwire, Sept. 15)
On and Off the Green: a chat with actor Morgan Freeman (Grist, Sept. 14)
Green Living & Social Trends
 What Would the World Look Like if Everyone Consumed Like You Do? [Online game: "Consumer Consequences."](CSR Wire/Am. Public Media, Sept. 18)
Vatican Penance: Forgive Us Our Carbon Output (N.Y. Times, Sept. 17) Site requires free registration
China to hold first-ever 'no car day' on Saturday (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 17)
Guide to Greener Electronics GreenBiz/Greenpeace, Sept. 16)
Paris' Popular Bike Program may Inspire Others (NPR, Sept. 15)
Urban chic: green, ethical T-shirts with a message (TerraDaily/AFP, Sept. 16)
Business & Economy
Solar Industry Sees Boom in Sunny Italy (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
Sasol, Sinopec in coal-to-oil talks [South Africa & China.] (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 17)
Britain Organic Food Sales Growth Remains Strong (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
Shell lays off Alaska oil staff amid environmental fight (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 14)
Safeway Unveils First Solar-Powered Grocery Store (CSR Wire, Sept. 14)
Prince Charles leads insurers to 'war' on climate change (Environmental Finance, Sept. 13)
Plug-in Hybrids 'Yes,' Ethanol 'No:' Largest-Ever Push Mounted to Drive GM, Ford to Shift From Ethanol to Plug-in Hybrids (PR Newswire, Sept. 13)
Three Leaf Cards .com Launches Free Online Greeting Card Campaign to Raise Environmental Awareness (CSRwire, Sept. 12)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
The High Costs of Ethanol (N.Y. Times, Sept. 18) Site requires free registration
Can shopping save the planet? (Guardian UK, Sept. 17)
One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax (N.Y. Times, Sept. 16)
Dreaming a carbon fantasy (Wenatchee World, Sept. 14)
Can this really save the planet? ["...does focusing on the small, easy steps distract us from the bigger picture?"] (Guardian UK, Sept. 13)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Call to protect shark-filled sea (BBC News, Sept. 17)
Scientists Study Fla. Coral Reef Changes (Examiner, Sept. 17)
Genetic "Barcodes" May Cut Illegal Trade - Experts (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
The Search for Sand Is No Day at the Beach [Shoreline erosion.] (N.Y. Times, Sept. 16) Site requires free registration
Norwegian Arctic Islands Hold Biodiversity Bank (PBS, Sept. 13)
Refugia Of The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Could Be The Basis For Its Regeneration (TerraDaily/SPX, Sept. 13)
More Species on Brink of Extinction (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Sept. 12)
Climate change will harm life on the deep ocean floor, study finds (Independent UK, Sept. 10)
Technology
135 Million Dollars For Innovative Solar Technology (SolarDaily/SPX, Sept. 16)
Green skies: Engineer's work may reduce jet travel's role in global warming (ENN/Princeton, Sept. 14)
People in the News
Ban Urges Strong Message From Climate Summit (ENN/Reuters, Sept. 19)
Grim outlook for poor countries in climate report (Guardian UK, Sept. 18)
Nobel Peace Prize could go to climate campaigner [Al Gore.] (Yahoo!/Reuters, Sept. 18)
Climate change tops future humanitarian challenges: Annan (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 17)
Yunus calls for lifestyle 'traffic rule' to fight warming (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 13)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Individuals want more active role in climate challenge (Edie, Sept. 17)
Survey: 65 Percent of Americans Oppose Mountaintop Removal (ENN, Sept. 13)
Green Building
Is Green Architecture Too Cookie-Cutter? (CSR Wire, Sept. 18)
Developers and conservationists call for green building Down Under (Edie, Sept. 17)
Greening the Past: Inner City School Gets State-of-the-Art Retrofit Edutopia, September 2007
U.S. & Government
New Federal Protection For Polar bears? (ENN/USFWS, Sept. 18)
Global warming lawsuit in Calif. tossed (Miami Herald/AP, Sept. 18)
States fight for clean air: EPA could block new car standards (The News Tribune, Sept. 16)
New York Subpoenas 5 Energy Companies (N.Y. Times, Sept. 16)
Bush aide says warming man-made (BBC News, Sept. 14)
Panel Faults Emphasis of U.S. Climate Program (N.Y. Times, Sept. 14) Site requires free registration
States are closer to trimming autos' CO2 emissions (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 14)
International
Climate talks in Montreal to take dual aim (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 17)
Clean Coal Plants Qualify for Kyoto Carbon Offsets (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
Tuvalu, About to Disappear, Pleas on Global Warming (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 14)
Environmental crime does not pay, report shows (Edie News, Sept. 14)
Ozone treaty, rare global success, fetes 20-year mark (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 13)
Libya unveils bold ecotourism project (Int'l. Herald Tribune, Sept. 10)
Climate Change
Arctic Summer Ice Thickness Halves to 1 Metre (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 19)
How climate change will affect the world (Guardian UK, Sept. 19)
Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier sounds climate change alarm (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 19)
Mammoth Dung, Prehistoric Goo May Speed Warming (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 18)
Arctic sea route opens as ice melts (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
Global warming 'is good and is not our fault' (Telegraph UK, Sept. 17)
God: The new weapon against climate change (New Scientist, Sept. 16)
Ancient Records Help Test Climate Change (N.Y. Times/AP, Sept. 16) Site requires free registration
Greenland sees bright side of warming (BBC News, Sept. 14)
Less Meat, Less Heat -- Fewer Steaks May Save Planet (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 14)
Window to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change Closing (ENN/World Watch Institute, Sept. 14)
Big climate change did not kill Neanderthals (Yahoo!/Reuters, Sept. 12)
Global warming impact like "nuclear war": report (Yahoo!/Reuters, Sept. 12)
Energy
Nations Ink Deal to Provide Safer Atomic Power (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 17)
More European Companies Switch to Green Power (ENN/CSR Wire, Sept. 14)
Making Cheaper Solar Cells (MIT Technology Review, Sept. 12)
Pollution
Chernobyl to be covered in steel (BBC News, Sept. 18)
Crude spills into Tigris after Iraq bomb (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 18)
More progress urged on ozone hole [Chlorofluorocarbons.] (BBC News, Sept. 17)
Hong Kong must cut pollution to attract foreign cash: study (Yahoo!AFP, Sept. 17)
World's Worst Polluted Places 2007 (Blacksmith Institute, Sept. 14)
Birth Defects on the Rise in Polluted China (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 14)
Millions at Risk in China, India Pollution Blackspots (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 14)
Prolonged respiratory problems for oil spill clean-up volunteers (ENN/Am. Thoracic Society, Sept. 14)
Haze of Confusion Over Most-Polluted City List (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 14)
NIOSH reports black lung rates double since '97 [Coal.] (Charleston Gazette, Sept. 14)
Indoor air pollution widespread in Asia (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 13)
Study sees cities' air quality worsening (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 13)
24 Superfund sites cleaned up this year; initial target was 40 (Seattle PI/AP, Sept. 13)
Pollution May Cause 40 Percent of Global Deaths (LiveScience, Sept. 10)
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