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Media
 Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate (Washington Post, Mar. 31) Site requires free registration
Mags Go Gaga for Green, With Just a Nod to Own Hypocrisy (AdAge, Mar. 31)
Green Living & Social Trends
Atlanta Family Slashes Carbon Footprint (NPR, Apr. 1)
Green hotels and resorts reach out to eco-conscious travellers (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 1)
Life in the 'Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate (NPR, Mar. 31)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/27/business/adco.php (Reuters, Mar. 27)
Business & Economy
Sodexo Calculates Environmental Savings of Recycled Paper (GreenBiz, Apr. 1)
Toy 'R' Us Unveils New Line of Green Toys (GreenBiz, Apr. 1)
Wal-Mart Earth Month Campaign Takes 'Going Green' Mainstream (CNBC, Mar. 31)
Unisource Creates Green Paper Search Tool (GreenBiz, Mar. 31)
CFOs View Sustainability as a Business Opportunity: Survey (GreenBiz, Mar. 31)
EPA Helps Small Businesses Bring Green Technologies to Market (GreenBiz, Mar. 28)
The Zero Waste Office: Is it Possible? (GreenBiz, Mar. 28)
A green parade on Madison Avenue (Int'l Herald Tribune, Mar. 27)
Investor puts his money into the rainforest (New Scientist, Mar. 27)
JP Morgan buys British carbon offset company (Guardian, Mar. 27)
Environment is a ‘top 10’ risk to business [Per Ernst & Young report] (Environmental Finance, Mar. 27)
Toyota Joins Audubon in Latest Corporate-NGO Partnership (GreenBiz, Mar. 27)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Cull of the wolf (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 2)
Coming out of the dark on Earth Hour (Chicago Tribune, Apr. 1)
Warming and biofuels: Here comes a food catastrophe (Salt Lake Tribune, Mar. 26)
On Carbon, Tax and Don’t Spend (N.Y. Times, Mar. 25) Site requires free registration
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Tourists seen as a lifeline for Laos elephants (Reuters, Apr. 1)
Deadly Frog Fungus Spreads in Virus-Like Waves (National Geographic News, Apr. 1)
As Fight for Water Heats Up, Prized Fish Suffer (N.Y. Times, Apr. 1) Site requires free registration
Warming World Holds New Threats For Aussie Wildlife (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 1)
Penguins Helped and Hurt by Changing Climate (NPR, Mar. 31)
Ecologists go holistic to measure ecosystem health (New Scientist, Mar. 31)
Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 28)
Yes You Can Rescue A Rainforest (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 28)
Saving the 'sea cow' [Manatees] (Guardian, Mar. 28)
Restoring Tanzania's ecosystems (ENN, Mar. 28)
Rare One-Horned Rhino Bouncing Back in Nepal (National Geographic News, Mar. 27)
Nigeria's forests to disappear by 2020: expert (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 27)
New protections eyed for ice-dependent Alaska seals (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 27)
Asia must reverse massive deforestation: U.N. (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 27)
Technology
Specially-Designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 1)
Ballast-Free Ship Could Cut Costs While Blocking Aquatic Invaders (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 28)
Pollution
Beijing pollution risky for endurance athletes (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 2)
Scientists Plot Pollutants' Path at the Arctic (PBS, Apr. 1)
Beyond Recycling: Getting to 'Zero Waste' (NPR, Mar. 28)
Warning on plastic's toxic threat (BBC News, Mar. 27)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Bloggers, Consumers Quick to Spot Greenwashing: Report (GreenBiz, Apr. 2)
Survey: Top Choice for Truly Green Brand is Nobody (GreenBiz, Apr. 1)
Green Building
Concern over 'zero carbon' homes (BBC News, Apr. 2)
Buyers not interested in ecohomes, research shows (Guardian, Apr. 2)
Washington DC home to first "green" stadium in U.S. (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 31)
San Francisco to boast the greenest buildings (New Scientist, Mar. 29)
U.S. & Government
Environmental Laws to Be Waived for Fence (Washington Post, Apr. 2) Site requires free registration
EPA criticized over new lead paint rule (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 1)
New Rule Lets Builders ‘Bank’ Efforts to Restore Wetlands (N.Y. Times/AP, Apr. 1) Site requires free registration
Wading Through an Endangered Species Backlog (NPR, Mar. 29)
California Trims Goal for Number of Emission-Free Vehicles (N.Y. Times, Mar. 28) Site requires free registration
U.S. to propose CO2 rules this spring (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 28)
McCain under fire over environment record (Guardian, Mar. 27)
San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Interests Other Cities (NPR, Mar. 26)
Water Recycling Efforts Spark Policy Debate in California (PBS, Mar. 24)
International
Charcoal fuels the economy and deforestation of Mozambique (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 2)
China's economic boom sparks biological invasions (ENN, Apr. 1)
World Mayors Propose Urban Water Declaration (ENN, Apr. 1)
Poor nations fear being left in cold on global warming (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 1)
Key climate decision should wait for new US president: UN (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 1)
"Kyoto II" climate talks open in Bangkok (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 31)
Earth Hour: U.S. cities to dim lamps, illuminate climate-change (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 28)
Climate change now a UN human rights issue (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 28)
Global climate talks in Bangkok to set stage for future pact (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 28)
After Major Cyclone, Bangladesh Worries About Climate Change (PBS, Mar. 28)
Britain cut greenhouse gas by 2pc in 2007: official (Yahoo News/AFP, Mar. 27)
Consensus reached to fight tuna overfishing: Japan (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 27)
Japan May Be Ready to Deal on Whaling, Insider Hints (National Geographic News, Mar. 26)
Climate Change
Kalahari Desert Soils And Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 2)
Study heats up 'snowball Earth' debate (PhysOrg, Apr. 1)
Thai temple fights off encroaching tide as world sea levels rise (TerraDaily/AFP, Mar. 30)
Time runs out for islanders on global warming's front line [Ganges delta] (Guardian, Mar. 30)
Study shows Russian and Canadian winter days much milder (Yahoo News/Reuters, Mar. 27)
U.S. West warming faster than rest of world: study (ENN/Reuters, Mar. 27)
How much will it cost to fix the climate? The numbers vary. (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 27)
Climate Change Threatens Amazonian Small Farmers (TerraDaily/SPX, Mar. 27)
Energy
Biofuels: can they really save the planet? (Herald UK, Mar. 29)
U.S. Gives Nuclear Power a Second Look (NPR, Mar. 28)
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