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Media
US cotton ad banned over green claims (Guardian, Mar. 12)
Pulp fact: New study says book production is getting greener (International Herald Tribune/AP, Mar. 10)
Animal Planet Statement Regarding Sea Shepherd Society Activities in the Antarctic (P.R. Newswire, Mar. 7)
Do the Media Fail to Give Climate its Due? (N.Y. Times, Mar. 5) Site requires free registration
 Weather Channel Founder Blasts Network; Claims It Is 'Telling Us What to Think' (Business & Media Institute, Mar. 5)
Green Living & Social Trends
Holidays for a Living Planet [Green travel tips] (ENN, Mar. 11)
US evangelical rift on global warming widens (Guardian, Mar. 11)
Minorities the forgotten victims of climate change (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 11)
Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 10)
Indians gather to save the planet (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 10)
Church to step up climate fight [Southern Baptists] (BBC News, Mar. 10)
Engineering a Tough Switch: Getting New Yorkers to Recycle Electronics (N.Y. Times, Mar. 10) Site requires free registration
Extended Daylight Saving Time Not an Energy Saver? (National Geographic News, Mar. 7)
Business & Economy
Guide Urges Businesses to Address Ecosystem Changes (GreenBiz, Mar. 12)
Staples Switches to Recycled, Sustainable Paper for Customer Copying, Printing (GreenBiz, Mar. 11)
CorporateRegister.com Publishes Corporate Climate Communications Report 2007 (GreenBiz, Mar. 11)
Toshiba Sets New Environmental Targets (GreenBiz, Mar. 10)
Smarter Ways to Green: How to Make Sustainability Succeed in Your Business (GreenBiz, Mar. 9)
Experts Discuss Carbon Offsets (PBS, Mar. 6)
Carbon Offset Plan Allows Businesses to Trade Environmental 'Credit' (PBS, Mar. 6)
A change in the climate: credit crunch makes the bottom line the top issue (Guardian, Mar. 6)
Investors file flurry of global-warming resolutions (San Francisco Business Times, Mar. 6)
Sustainable Packaging: Cost Vs. Price (GreenBiz, Mar. 5)
Nestle Reduces GHG Emissions, Packaging and Energy Use: Report (GreenBiz, Mar. 5)
Pitney Bowes Examines How to Make Mailings Greener (GreenBiz, Mar. 5)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Blind date with disaster (Guardian, Mar. 12)
There Is a Big Difference Between Weather and Climate (Daily Green, Mar. 9)
Protecting All Waters (N.Y. Times, Mar. 7) Site requires free registration
Bush on wind energy: Go fly a kite (Oregonian, Mar. 6)
EPA treads heavily on states' rights (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mar. 6)
Over-fishing has been Overlooked (Columbia Spectator, Mar. 6)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Tiger population critical, species at crossroads: WWF (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 11)
Mediterranean tuna at risk from 'bloated' fishing fleet: WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 11)
Invasive species create dangerous 'genetic hotspots' (New Scientist, Mar. 10)
Seal cubs threatened by global warming, WWF warns (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 10)
Reef Fish Get Lost As Climate Changes (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 10)
Madagascar slows destruction of forests (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 10)
Caught on camera: pygmy hippo on verge of extinction (Herald UK, Mar. 9)
Honey bees 'wiped out in 10 years' (Guardian, Mar. 9)
Loggers Invaded Butterfly Haven, Photos Show (N.Y. Times, Mar. 7) Site requires free registration
Strange Malady Wreaks Havoc on Bat Population (PBS, Mar. 7)
Recovery plan issued for Alaska Steller sea lions (Juneau Empire/AP, Mar. 6)
Torrent in Colorado River Is Unleashed to Aid Fish (N.Y. Times, Mar. 6) Site requires free registration
Outlook for Oceans Bleak as Sea 'Deserts' Grow (NPR, Mar. 6)
Global warming poses deaf threat to tropical fish (New Science, Mar. 6)
Lost logs are a barrier to turtle breeding (New Scientist, Mar. 5)
Renewed fears for rare Mekong dolphin in Cambodia (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 5)
Technology
Industry scrambles to find a 'greener' concrete (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 12)
Bus-Sized Batteries May Help Efficiency Of US Grid (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 10)
Cloud-making plan to reverse global warming (Sunday Herald, Mar. 8)
Solar-power paint lets you generate as you decorate (New Scientist, Mar. 7)
Low-cost reusable material could capture carbon dioxide from power plants (ENN, Mar. 7)
Electronics greener, but long way to go: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 5)
GM Official: Hydrogen-Powered Cars Impractical (NPR, Mar. 5)
Japan eyes technology upgrades to halve emissions (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 5)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
EcoPinion Survey, "Branding Green But Seeing Red," Highlights Lack Of Consumer Awareness And Acceptance Of Green Brands (GreenBiz, Mar. 10)
Green Building
Philadelphia gets poor marks on being 'green' (Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar. 12)
More realty agents are seeking a 'green' edge (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 9)
Arson at 'Green' Homes Points To Environmentalist Divisions (Washington Post, Mar. 9) Site requires free registration
U.S. & Government
Bush Administration Refuses to Protect Endangered Species Habitat in Michigan and Missouri National Forests (ENN, Mar. 11)
In Land Conservation, 'Forever' May Not Last (NPR, Mar. 11)
Studies: Climate Change Threatens U.S. Roadways (NPR, Mar. 11)
California's greenhouse-gas law: Who will pay? (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 10)
Polar Bear Decision Delay Gets U.S. Government Sued (National Geographic News/AP, Mar. 10)
Can states cut carbon? EPA says no. (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 6)
EPA reconsidering mercury emission rules (Yahoo News/AP, Mar. 6)
S.F. to buy only 100 percent recycled paper (San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 5)
International
In the Amazon, a forestry cop matches wits with illegal loggers (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 13)
Philippines to spend 142 mln dlrs on environment in 2008 (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 12)
China emissions to swamp Kyoto reductions by 2010 (New Scientist, Mar. 11)
China casts doubt on reaching environment goals (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 11)
New Indonesia Forest Mining Rules Alarm Green Groups (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 10)
Millions of 'climate change migrants' will overwhelm Europe, says report (Daily Mail, Mar. 10)
Tentative steps to whaling peace (BBC News, Mar. 8)
Climate change a new factor in global tensions: EU (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 7)
Costa Rica Aims to Be 1st Carbon-Neutral Country (National Geographic News, Mar. 7)
Brazil's deforestation worsening: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 6)
Canada blasted by own environmental watchdog (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 6)
China Tries to Clean Up Air (NPR, Mar. 6)
Sweden aims for renewable sources for half its energy (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 6)
Early Recovery of Nature-Based Tourism Good for Kenya and Good for Biodiversity (ENN, Mar. 6)
World can 'afford' to solve its environmental woes: OECD (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 5)
Climate Change
Climate change not behind 2007 floods (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 11)
Global Warming Hits Tropical Glaciers in the Andes (NPR, Mar. 10)
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say (Washington Post, Mar. 10) Site requires free registration
Impact of climate change on six regions (Guardian, Mar. 10)
Global warming not always to blame for extreme winters (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 7)
UN: Climate danger for Middle East, North Africa (SciDev.net, Mar. 7)
Killer Freeze Of 2007 Illustrates Paradoxes Of Warming Climate (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 6)
Warming climate may cause arctic tundra to burn (ENN, Mar. 5)
Energy
Corn-Based Ethanol Could Worsen "Dead Zone" - Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Mar. 11)
Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a ‘Clean’ Fuel (N.Y. Times, Mar. 11) Site requires free registration
Bacterium Gets Wheels Turning on Ethanol Fuel (Washington Post, Mar. 10) Site requires free registration
Nuclear Power Industry Facing Unsustainable Growth Demands (Energy Daily/SPX, Mar. 7)
Turning Glare Into Watts [Solar power] (N.Y. Times, Mar. 6) Site requires free registration
Pollution
Grace to Pay $250 Million for Asbestos Cleanup (NPR, Mar. 12)
Pollution 'alters brain function' (BBC News, Mar. 11)
Drug residue found in US water supplies (Guardian, Mar. 10)
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