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Media
Making a Splash With Some Serious Activism [Hayden Panettiere.] (Washington Post, Jan. 28) Site requires free registration<
Agit Pop [Sheryl Crow's eco-lyrics.] (NYT Magazine, Jan. 27)
The Dangerous Rise of Carbon Fundamentalism [Extreme language in media.] (GreenBiz, Jan. 27)
Finding '101 Funny Things About Global Warming' [New Yorker cartoonist Sidney Harris.] (NPR, Jan. 25)
Philip Pullman: new brand of environmentalism (Telegraph UK, Jan. 19)
Green Living & Social Trends
Big green ideas for the workplace (Guardian UK, Jan. 29)
8 Ways to Practice Product Stewardship (ENN/Earth 911, Jan. 28)
Thinking Green on the Slopes (Washington Post, Jan. 27) Site requires free registration<
New Online Resource Gets the Skinny on Eco-Labels (GreenBiz, Jan. 27)
Anya Hindmarch: 'Ethical living has never seemed so cool' (Guardian/Observer, Jan. 27)
In a World Short of Oil, Provisions Must Be Made (The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26)
Care about the environment? Eat less meat (Globe & Mail, Jan. 23)
Business & Economy
 The State of Green Business in 2008: Are We Swimming, Treading or Sinking? (GreenBiz, Jan. 30)
Bordeaux to measure wine's CO2 footprint (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 29)
Are firms telling little green lies? (Portland Tribune, Jan. 29)
British Food Makers Aim to Save Water - and Money (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 29)
What is a green-collar job? (Guardian UK, Jan. 28)
Is big business still thinking green? (BBC News, Jan. 28)
Retail goes green, from ground up: Businesses seek suppliers that offer non-toxic versions of their raw materials. (Sacramento Bee, Jan. 28)
Cadbury Cocoa Partnership to Develop Sustainable Cocoa Industry (New Consumer, Jan. 28)
Chevy has Green Car Vision (Yahoo!/GreenCar, Jan. 26)
Wal-Mart Announces Next Steps in its Green Evolution (GreenBiz, Jan. 25)
Commentary
Where are the green houses? (Guardian UK, Jan. 29)
Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich (Guardian UK, Jan. 29)
Another Inconvenient Truth: 'The Environment' Isn't Important Unless Your Town Is Wealthy (Washington Post, Jan. 27) Site requires free registration<
Held Hostage by Tar Sands [Canada.] (The Tyee, Jan. 25)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Rare fish found in Cornish rivers (BBC News, Jan. 29)
The Preservation Predicament (N.Y. Times, Jan. 29) Site requires free registration<
First Antarctic marine census launched (CBC/AP, Jan. 29)
Chinese dams threaten Cambodian eco-systems (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 29)
When Accounting For The Global Nitrogen Budget Do Not Forget Fish (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 29)
Bangladesh's majestic dolphins at risk (BBC News, Jan. 28)
This Beetle Really Rocks [New species named after Roy & Barbara Orbison.] (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Jan. 28)
2005 a deadly year for Caribbean coral (TerrDaily/AFP, Jan. 28)
World's Coral Reefs Face Renewed Threats (NPR, Jan. 27)
A Dying Breed [Africa's Ankole cow.] (NYT Magazine, Jan. 27) Site requires free registration<
Can Darwin’s Lab Survive Success? [Galapagos Islands.] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 27) Site requires free registration< Native Species Among Victims of Calif. Fires, Floods (NPR, Jan. 25)
Creepy-crawlies head to Europe thanks to globalisation, climate (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 25)
Amazon Clearing Jumped in Late 2007 (Nat'l. Geographic News, Jan. 24)
For troubled orcas, relief may be near (Seattle Times, Jan. 24)
Technology
Can airlines find a cleaner way to fly? (Guardian UK, Jan. 27)
Could Tiny Diatoms Help Offset Global Warming? (ScienceDaily, Jan. 26)
Claims of recycling breakthrough [Plastics.] (BBC News, Jan. 25)
Pollution
More Testing of Seafood to Address Mercury Concerns (N.Y. Times, Jan. 30) Site requires free registration<
Agricultural Practices Found to Contribute to Bicarbonate in River [Mississippi River.] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 29) Site requires free registration<
Protecting The Alps From Traffic Noise And Air Pollution (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 29)
Is Diabetes Linked To Environmental Pollution? (ScienceDaily, Jan. 28)
Flame Retardants Found in Rare Tasmanian Devils (Nat'l. Geographic News, Jan. 28)
Oil spill report berates Coast Guard (San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 28)
Coal-Fires Science: Ready To Ignite Around The World (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 24)
High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi (N.Y. Times, Jan. 23) Site requires free registration<
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Big Food Companies Fear Pressure and Criticism from Environmental Activists (ENN/Organic Consumers Assoc., Jan. 29)
Organic grub’s up (Yahoo!/New Consumer, Jan. 25)
39th: U.S. green ranking not to be envied (Seattle Times, Jan. 23)
Green Building
'Action needed' on home emissions (BBC News, Jan. 28)
Dutch Architects Plan for a Floating Future (NPR, Jan. 28)
A Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out (N.Y. Times, Jan. 28)
Can Big Be Green? (Washington Post, Jan. 26)
U.S. & Government
California Asks EPA to Regulate Machine Emissions (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 30)
Energy Dept. Might Drop Support for FutureGen Power Plant (Washington Post, Jan. 30)
Bush opens 3m acres of Alaskan forest to logging (Guardian UK, Jan. 29)
Is Congress Finally Ready to Go Green? Time, Jan. 28)
Bush to commit $2 billion to climate change fund (Reuters, Jan. 28)
Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky (Washington Post, Jan. 28)
Great Lakes' Lower Water Levels Propel a Cascade of Hardships (Washington Post, Jan. 27)
Scientists urge speedy emission cuts [American Geophysical Union.] (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 25)
Navy resumes use of sonar off California (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 25)
As supplies dry up, growers pass on farming and sell water (Press-Enterprise, Jan. 24)
EPA staff finds emissions threat (L.A. Times, Jan. 24)
International
Indigenous peoples win conservation successes in Chile (ENN/WWF, Jan. 30)
World's Big Polluters Meet in Hawaii Over Climate (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 29)
London's green goddess [Sian Berry, London's Green Party Mayoral candidate.] (Evening Standard, Jan. 29)
Maldives Builds Barriers to Global Warming (NPR, Jan. 28)
As global food costs rise, are biofuels to blame? (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 28)
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler (N.Y. Times, Jan. 27)
World Leaders Call for Global Climate Change Effort, Strengthened Public Governance (GreenBiz, Jan. 27)
China to build 97 new airports by 2020 (SpaceMart/AFP, Jan. 27)
Japan Unveils $10 Billion Climate Change Fund (Red Orbit, Jan. 26)
Iraq ratifies Kyoto Protocol on climate change (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 26)
Greenpeace vessel ends pursuit of Japanese whalers (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 26)
Boost for Africa's depleted soils (BBC News, Jan. 25)
British PM calls for a 'green' World Bank (Yahoo!/AFP, Jan. 25)
Can Europe cut carbon without cutting growth? (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 24)
Climate Change
Cruising Antarctica to See a Planet in Peril (NPR, Jan. 29)
Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink By 50 Percent Since 1950s (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 29)
Economists Help Climate Scientists To Improve Global Warming Forecasts (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 29)
Humans Force Earth into New Geologic Epoch (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Jan. 27)
Is climate change making us sick? (Times UK, Jan. 26)
Benin's Cotonou - a city slowly swallowed by waves (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 25)
Climate change 'significantly worse' than feared: Al Gore (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 24)
Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 24)
Arctic ice-cap loss twice the size of France (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 23)
Energy
Northwest may harness volcanoes' energy (Tri-City Herald, Jan. 28)
Whale routes studied in preparation for wave energy (Ashland Daily Tidings/AP, Jan. 28)
Giant solar plants in Negev could power Israel's future (Yahoo!/The Register, Jan. 25)
Drought could force nuke-plant shutdowns (Bellingham Herald/AP, Jan. 24)
Food price hikes behind call to cut ethanol production (CBC News, Jan. 24)
Startup teams with Chevron on algae fuel (San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 23)
Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky (PhysOrg, Jan. 22)
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