Environmental Newsletter 11/28/2007

 

 Media

Mark Schapiro, Exposing a Toxic U.S. Policy ["Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products, and What's at Stake for American Power."] (NPR, Nov. 26)

"Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal" (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Loves the Beach, the Planet and Movies [Woody Harrelson.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Is it getting hot in here? [Comic book hero Groo tackles global warming.] (Dark Horse, Nov. 24)

Facing the Cold, Hard Truth [Paul Nicklen & James Balog's photo exhibit.] (Washington Post, Nov. 23) Free site registration required

Everything's Cool. A Cold Look at Warming Mixes Pep and Despair (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23) Free site registration required

Is green the color of hypocrisy for eco-celebrities? (The Columbian, Nov. 19)

 

 Green Living & Social Trends

top storyHow to have a happy – and low-carbon – holiday (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 26)

Christmas trees get a little 'greener' (The Oregonian/AP, Nov. 25)

Go Go Gadget Recycling! (Washington Post, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Jolly and Green, With an Agenda [Eco-gifts.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Luxury Lodging for the Eco-Tourist (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Being Skeptical of Green (N.Y. Times, Nov. 24) Free site registration required

 

 Business & Economy

Wingless bird begins to fly [Will consumers accept an uncoventional car design?] (ENN/Green Energy, Nov. 28)

top story Google's cheaper-than-coal target (BBC News, Nov. 28)

Forget the climate! Britons scent U.S. bargains (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 26)

Educating Executives: Sustainability 101 (GreenBiz, Nov. 25)

Business of Green: How to practice the offsets the climate panels preach? (Int'l. Herald Tribune, Nov. 21)

 

 Commentary

Wal-Mart's First Sustainability Report: Just a Gesture or a Just Account? (GreenBiz, Nov. 26)

Three Eras of Climate Change and the Emergence of Concern for Global Justice (Climate Ethics, Nov. 24)

Chesapeake Bay Health [Cartoon by Tom Toles.] (Washington Post, Nov. 23) Free site registration required

Going Green? Easy Doesn't Do It (Washington Post, Nov. 22) Free site registration required

 

 Ecosystems & Biodiversity

New African Reserve Protects Bonobos, Stores Carbon (ENN/WorldWatch, Nov. 27)

Reaching for the Sky: A California Project to Clone Redwoods (N.Y. Times, Nov. 27) Free site registration required

Mexico Pushes Butterfly Protection Via Tourism (Nat'l. Geographic News, Nov. 26)

Better ocean monitoring 'vital' (BBC News, Nov. 25)

Canada Sets Aside Vast Northern Wilderness (Washington Post, Nov. 23) Free site registration required

top storyDalai Lama bemoans deforestation of Tibet (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 21)

 

 Technology

Clean, quiet conversions (Register-Guard, Nov. 26)

Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record Rate (Green Progress, Nov. 12)

 

 Pollution

The Solution to High Carbon Emissions on the Road? Gigantic Trucks! (ENN/Environmental Graffiti, Nov. 27)

Chinese pollution plan includes tougher fines (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 26)

Dioxin in Michigan River May Be Worst Case Yet (Nat'l. Geographic News/AP, Nov. 26)

UN plots Chernobyl zone recovery (BBC News, Nov. 21)

Study to track pollutants in pregnant women (Globe and Mail, Nov. 21)

 

 Public Opinion & Surveys

Green Concerns Key for Ethical Investors, Survey Finds (GreenBiz, Nov. 23)

Survey: Consumers Don’t Understand Green Terms (GreenBiz, Nov. 23)

 

 Green Building

Market for geothermal heating heats up (Statesman Journal/AP, Nov. 25)

A nearly perfect score for green homes (Green Energy News, Nov. 20)

 

 U.S. & Government

top storyU.S. Increasingly Isolated in Stance Against Kyoto (ENN/Worldwatch, Nov. 28)

7 federal wildlife decisions to be revised (L.A. Times, Nov. 28) Free site registration required

Candidates Offer Different Views on Energy Policy (N.Y. Times, Nov. 28) Free site registration required

FTC Plans Review of its Green Marketing Guidelines (GreenBiz, Nov. 27)

In Miles of Alleys, Chicago Finds Its Next Environmental Frontier (N.Y. Times, Nov. 26) Free site registration required

So What's So Bad About Corn? As Iowa Enjoys a Bumper Crop, Farmers Hear It From Environmentalists, Ethanol Skeptics and Other Critics (Washington Post, Nov. 23)

New Airport Project Divides Environmental Groups (NPR, Nov. 22)

US power company linked to Bush is named in database as a top polluter (Independent UK, Nov. 16)

 

 International

Japan says whaling will not stop (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 26)

Misgivings Rise Along With Antarctican Tourism (N.Y. Times, Nov. 26) Free site registration required

Australia shifts course, away from US (BBC News, Nov. 26)

Can a bold new "eco-city" clear the air in China? (Seattle Times, Nov. 25)

Race for Arctic assets heats up debate over sea treaty (Austin-American Statesman, Nov. 22)

 

 Climate Change

Climate Change And Life In The Southern Ocean (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 28)

top storyTrees giving bizarre clues to climate change (Seattle Times, Nov. 27)

Rising Sea Disrupts Flights in Indonesia (Nat'l. Geographic News, Nov. 27)

Poor in need of help from global warming (Yahoo!/AP, Nov. 27)

In Texas, Climate Creeping onto Agenda (NPR, Nov. 26)

Carbon Dioxide at Record High, Stoking Warming - WMO (Planet Ark/Reuters, Nov. 26)

Polar bears dying in years of early ice melt (Nature News, Nov. 23)

Protecting the poor from climate change (World Ark, Nov./Dec. 2007)

 

 Energy

Making Fuel from Leftovers (MIT Technology Review, Nov. 26)

As the Price of Oil Soars, Many Turn to Renewables (Washington Post, Nov. 26) Free site registration required

Debating the Merits of Energy From Air (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25) Free site registration required

Chocolate lorry goes to Timbuktu (BBC News, Nov. 23)

Sweden Turns to a Promising Power Source, With Flaws [Wind.] (N.Y. Times, Nov. 23) Free site registration required

Fuel's gold: Termites point way to new dawn of bio-energy (Yahoo!/AFP, Nov. 21)

 

 


Compiled by Cathy Hunter and Michael Jourdan.