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Media
Steve Thomas, Emmy Award-Winning Host, Joins Discovery Communications' Planet Green Team (CSRwire, Nov. 7)
NBC To Broadcast Major Green Themed Shows, Green Operations (ENN, Nov. 1)
Green Living & Social Trends
A New Era of Green Activism (American Prospect, Nov. 5)
Ever wondered how big your own carbon footprint might be? (Guardian, Nov. 4)
Put your money where your mouth is: bank accounts (Guardian, Nov. 3)
Put your money where your mouth is: energy (Guardian, Nov. 3)
Religious Groups Push Climate Aid for Poor (Yahoo News/U.S. News, Nov. 1)
Jesus Would Drive a Stick Shift [Are manual transmissions better for the environment?] (Slate, Oct. 30)
Business & Economy
For Fiji Water, a Big List of Green Goals (N.Y. Times, Nov. 7) Site requires free registration
US Exchanges Explore Carbon Trading Market (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 7)
Target reducing use of PVC: report (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 6)
New business focus on environment paves the way for a U.S. urban revival (International Herald Tribune, Nov. 6)
 Greening the supply chains of corporate America (International Herald Tribune, Nov. 6)
Ride the wave or go under [Businesses that see environmental opportunities] (Guardian, Nov. 5)
Hall of shame [Which companies are the worst polluters?] (Guardian, Nov. 5)
World carbon market seen doubling this year (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 5)
How Do You Ski if There Is No Snow? (N.Y. Times, Nov. 1) Site requires free registration
50 Ways to Green Your Business (Fast Company, Nov.)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Tap water is the clear choice (York News-Times, Nov. 7)
The perfect drought: Water shortages demand efficiency, new thinking (Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 5)
Climate change lessons from the Vikings (L.A. Times, Nov. 4)
No, No, No, Don't Follow Us [Avoiding car-dominant transportation in India] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 4) Site requires free registration
Green and right ["French President Nicolas Sarkozy is showing the Bush administration how to be a conservative for conservation."] (Baltimore Sun, Nov. 2)
Embrace mining reform (Register-Guard, Oct. 31)
Climate change and tourism: saving our global destinations (Globe & Mail, Oct. 31)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Fish Vanishing From Southeast Asian Oceans: Report (Reuters, Nov. 7)
Indian PM approves tiger protection force (Guardian, Nov. 5)
In backyard Europe, fading biodiversity (International Herald Tribune, Nov. 5)
High tech lake clean-up to save Vietnam's legendary turtle (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 5)
Rare Bearded Monkeys Discovered in Kenya (National Geographic News, Nov. 5)
24-hour watch to save black rhino (Guardian, Nov. 4)
By saving gorillas, can Congolese save themselves? (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 4)
One in Three European Freshwater Fish Face Extinction (National Geographic Newe, Nov. 2)
Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop (N.Y. Times, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration
Parrotfish to aid reef repair (BBC Nov. 1)
Kenya's new monkey population puts climate change in perspective (TerraDaily/AFP, Oct. 31)
Technology
World Action on Carbon Capture Said Inadequate (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 7)
Will vegetable-based, biodegradable bags replace plastic and paper at the supermarket? (Slate, Nov. 6)
Project to Capture CO2 With Plankton Puts to Sea (N.Y. Times, Nov. 6) Site requires free registration
Groundbreaking solar plane to test flight in 2008 (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 5)
On the Road with GM's Newest Hydrogen Car (NPR, Nov. 2)
Pollution
Radioactive Minerals Dumped in Congo: Authorities (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 7)
Diesel fumes may increase heart attack, stroke threat (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 6)
Toxic smog threatens Indian capital after six-year break (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 6)
Cairo tries to escape life under a black cloud (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 4)
US Faces Burning Emissions Issue [Wildfire fumes] (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 2)
Pass it on: Toxic waste moved from area to area (InsideBayArea.com, Nov. 2)
Air pollution raises preterm birth risk (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 1)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
As Eco-Buzz Grows, National Survey Warns Companies of 'Green Trap' (CSRwire, Nov. 6)
Most ready for 'green sacrifices' (BBC News, Nov. 5)
A green lesson for politicians [Public opinion on energy taxes] (BBC News, Nov. 5)
Green Building
Mayors, Wal-Mart Team to Lower Green Building Products' Cost (GreenBiz, Nov. 2)
US Push to Build Energy-Saving Homes Picks Up Steam (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 2)
Natural history museum gets green face-lift (Nature News, Nov. 1)
U.S. & Government
Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats (Washington Post, Nov. 6) Site requires free registration
Capitol to Buy Offsets in Bid to Go Green (Washington Post, Nov. 5) Site requires free registration
Environmental Issues Fuel California's Water Wars (PBS, Nov. 5)
Clinton: Prospects in Climate Change (Time/AP, Nov. 5)
US payout awarded over pesticide (BBC News, Nov. 5)
Bloomberg proposes greenhouse gas tax (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 3)
US mayors meet on climate change (BBC News, Nov. 2)
US edges towards cap on greenhouse gases (Guardian, Nov. 2)
As Beaches Erode, So Do Solutions (N.Y. Times, Nov. 2) Site requires free registration
Agency seeks to change mouse protection (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 1)
Palin says polar bear protection as endangered is unjustified [Alaska governor] (Anchorage Daily News, Nov. 1)
U.S. proposal provides billion extra to save fish (Oregonian, Nov. 1)
Many cities find Kyoto promises hard to keep (Seattle Times, Oct. 31)
The Eco Vote: A field guide to the would-be Presidents (Time, Oct.)
International
Clean green NZ battles climate change threat to trade, tourism (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 6)
Climate bill's 60% emission cut [Prime Minister Gordon Brown has committed UK to CO2 reductions by 2050] (BBC News, Nov. 6)
'Geneva Convention' needed to protect environment from war (Edie, Nov. 6)
Ban heads to Antarctic, Amazon on tour focused on environment (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 6)
Amazon Fire Wars Exacerbate Global Warming (NPR, Nov. 5)
Inside the Climate Change Talks (BBC News, Nov. 5)
Beijing to raise emission standards for Olympics (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 4)
Coal's Other Victim: China's History (Time, Nov. 4)
Global food crisis looms as climate change and fuel shortages bite (Guardian, Nov. 3)
Yangtze River less tainted than expected (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 2)
China dam plan threatens world's oldest irrigation system (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 2)
France and Britain ready to lay out eco-friendly tax cuts (International Herald Tribune, Nov. 1)
How to save the planet (Guardian, Nov. 1)
African fishermen find way of conservation in the Koran (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 31)
Climate Change
Climate Change Could Diminish Drinking Water More Than Expected (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 7)
Experts warn Fla. about climate change (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 6)
To Slow Amazon Fires, Scientists Light Their Own (NPR, Nov. 6)
Open Eye: Testing the water in Antarctica (Independent, Nov. 6)
Rich nations' climate emissions up, near record (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 5)
Think tank: Climate affects security (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 3)
Baffin Island: climate change in the Arctic (Telegraph UK, Nov. 3)
Shrinking ice means Greenland is rising fast (New Scientist, Nov. 2)
Wildfires turning northern forests into carbon-dioxide sources (CBC, Oct. 31)
Nature's fury: climate change - a special report (Times UK, Oct. 31)
People in the News
For scientist, possible effects of climate change undeniable [Nobel laureate Phil Mote] (Columbian, Oct. 31)
Energy
Energy needs 'to grow inexorably' (BBC News, Nov. 7)
Solar-Power Fever May Not Last - Japan's Tokuyama (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 6)
Texas Environmentalist Takes Issue with Big Oil (NPR, Nov. 4)
World's coal dependency hits environment (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 4)
Bush administration's nuclear plan criticised (New Scientist, Nov. 3)
Chevron Looks to Algae for Tomorrow's Fuel (GreenBiz, Nov. 1)
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