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Media
Rocking the Planet: The Frontman for Climate Change, Al Gore Takes Center Stage (Washington Post, Dec. 12) Site requires free registration
Pete Seeger and the ‘One Blue Sky Above Us’ (N.Y. Times, Dec. 10) Site requires free registration
Access to Tools [Book review of "Counterculture Green."] (N. Y. Times, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
Which of these people could convince you of the merits of recycling? [Eco-celebrities.] (Guardian UK, Dec. 8)
Green Living & Social Trends
Celebrities, scientists and polar bears, oh my (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 11)
Gifts of Green (Washington Post, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
Biodegradable Coffins (NYT Magazine, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
If It’s Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener? (N.Y. Times, Dec. 8) Site requires free registration
 To tree or not to tree (David Suzuki Foundation, Dec. 7)
Ode to a Diode: National Christmas Tree Joins Other Outdoor Light Displays In Using Energy-Efficient LEDs That Save Electricity -- and Money (Washington Post, Dec. 7) Site requires free registration
Business & Economy
First Global Carbon Index Unveiled (GreenBiz, Dec. 10)
Companies leap onto green bandwagon (BBC News, Dec. 10)
'The biggest environmental crime in history' [BP to extract oil in Canadian wilderness.] (Independent UK, Dec. 10)
Renewables Investments Seen Over US$100 Bln in 2007 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 10)
The Cost of a Dead Bird (San Francisco Bay Area spill.] (Red Orbit, Dec. 10)
Commentary
Intelligent Islands - The way to sustainable development (Caribbean Net News, Dec. 12)
The Blue Movement (Emagazine.com, Dec. 5)
A Wave of Green Jobs Can Lift All Boats (GreenBiz, Dec. 2007)
Glacial Acceleration: A Sea of Troubles (Emagazine.com, Dec. 2007)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
China's Mother River Under Threat (NPR, Dec. 10)
Anatomy of a rainforest (BBC News, Dec. 10)
Sierra Leone sets up forest park (BBC News, Dec. 10) Asian nations warn of coral 'mass extinction' (Yahoo!/AFP, Dec. 8)
Incredible Batch of Rare and New Species Discovered (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Dec. 7)
Mexico Works to Protect Monarch Migration (Intelligent Travel, Dec. 7)
More than half of Amazon will be lost by 2030, report warns (Guardian UK, Dec. 6)
Uganda In US$253 Mln Plan To Boost Forest Cover (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 6)
Technology
Invention: Green power special (New Scientist, Dec. 10)
Sunshine-to-Petrol Project Seeks Fuel From Thin Air (ScienceDaily, Dec. 10)
Pollution
Tackling E-Waste (Gotham Gazette, Dec. 10)
Confronting Toxic Toys (Emagazine, Dec. 10)
South Korea fights worst-ever oil spill (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 10)
High Weedkiller Levels Found in River Checks (Washington Post, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
Trucks Power China’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost (N.Y. Times, Dec. 8) Site requires free registration
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Surprising support found for nuclear energy (Herald Tribune, Dec. 10)
Greener buildings easy, but barriers remain-expert (Yahoo!/Reuters, Dec. 7)
Green Electronics Buyers on the Rise, Research Shows (GreenBiz/GreenerComputing, Dec. 6)
Green Building
Housing finds its new-age nirvana (Guardian/Observer, Dec. 9)
Inaction on greener buildings puzzle experts (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 7)
U.S. & Government
U.S Rejects Stiff 2020 Greenhouse Goals in Bali (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 11)
Kerry sells Democrats' green message in Bali (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 10)
Campaigning on Biofuels (Technology Review, Dec. 7)
ANALYSIS - State Carbon Plans May Stall US Climate Bill (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 5)
International
Climate Talks Urge Hasty Cut to Global Warming (NPR, Dec. 12)
Freedom, Not Climate, is Under Threat - Czech Leader (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 11)
160-million-dollar plan to save forests launched at Bali talks (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 11)
Nobel Winner Gore: "Make Peace With The Planet" (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 10)
Gore Receives Nobel in Oslo Ceremony (NPR, Dec. 10)
Indonesia: Can’t See the Conference for the Trees (ENN/Worldwatch Institute, Dec. 10)
UN Climate Chief Says Science Clear, Move On (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 10)
Climate Conflicts (NYT Magazine, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
Global rallies focus on climate (BBC News, Dec. 8)
Saudi Arabia, United States do least for climate (Yahoo!/AFP, Dec. 7)
Climate Change
Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013' (BBC News, Dec. 12)
Greenland Melt Accelerating (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 12)
Researcher Breaks New Ground With Study On Human Responses To Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 12)
New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers Suggests Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 12)
Mysterious Clouds More Common Due to Climate Change? (Nat'l. Geographic News, Dec. 11)
In Midwest Duck Blinds, Visions of Global Warming (N.Y. Times, Dec. 11) Site requires free registration
Norway's Arctic islands at their hottest since Viking era (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 11)
No unity yet at UN climate talks (BBC News, Dec. 10)
Greenland Ice Could be Next Puzzle for UN Panel (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 10)
Climate Change to Hit Australia Farm Exports (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 10)
As Ice Recedes, Interest Surges [Greenland.] (N.Y. Times, Dec. 9) Site requires free registration
Warming and the Right (N.Y. Times, Dec. 8)
Climate Ethics in Bali - the Urgency of Seeing Climate Change as an Ethical and Justice Concern (ClimateEthics, Dec. 7)
Energy
Wind turbine expansion outlined (BBC News, Dec. 10)
Video: Human Waste Powers Streetlights (Nat'l. Geographic News, Dec. 9)
Biofuels: danger or new opportunity for Africa? (Yahoo!/AFP, Dec. 9)
Energy initiative proposes desert power plan (SciDevNet, Dec. 5)
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