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Media
Month o’ green media (Plenty, Apr. 7)
 When Isabella Met Sally [New Environment & Energy channel.] (The New Republic, Apr. 7)
A Ukrainian Pop Star's Would-Be Revolution (NPR, Apr. 7)
The Wasted Land [Poetry.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Al Gore’s New Logo [Link to "Week in Review"; graphic at bottom of page.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
NEWSWEEK: Cover: Who's The Greenest of Them All? (PR Newswire, Apr. 6)
Texans Beat Big Coal, and a Film Shows How [ “Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars.”] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 5)
Green Living & Social Trends
There is no 'away' ["what are you going to do with all the stuff you want to get rid of?"] (David Suzuki's Nature Challenge, Apr. 7)
Green and Clean [Laundry.] (NYT Key Magazine, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Is it OK to accept free giveaways? ["...our homes are overrun, and the planet is suffering."] (Guardian/Observer, Apr. 6)
Going Green in Australia’s Blue Mountains (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Plastic-Bag Bans Gaining Momentum Around the World (Nat'l. Geographic News, Apr. 7)
Meet the teenage eco-nags (Times UK, Apr. 4)
Michigan Schools Embrace Wind Power, Biodiesel (NPR, Apr. 4)
Business & Economy
Don't Let Recession Hinder Green IT Efforts: Gartner (GreenerComputing, Apr. 8)
Finding A Green Energy Job Just Got Easier (EnergyDaily/SPX, Apr. 7)
Will a Recession Be a Giant Green-Killer? (GreenBiz, Apr. 6)
The greenest hotel of all? (Times UK, Apr. 5)
GM Plans 1,000 Fuel Cell Cars In Califoria By 2014 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 4)
Should Managers Have a Green Hippocratic Oath? (Harvard Business Review, Apr. 4)
EU emissions data surprise market (Carbon Finance, Apr. 2)
Commentary
Take Alternate Route [New York's failed congestion pricing.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 9) Site requires free registration
How green is your presidential candidate? (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 8)
It’s About Laws, Not Light Bulbs (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
When Protection Vanishes [Gray wolves.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 5) Site requires free registration
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Rare lynx appears in Italian Alps (BBC News, Apr. 7)
Bizarre Frog Has No Lungs [Borneo.] (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Apr. 7)
Rare seahorses breeding in Thames (BBC News, Apr. 7)
Climate Change Threatens Australia's Koala - Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 7)
Harmful Algae Takes Advantage Of Global Warming: More Algae Blooms Expected (Science Daily, Apr. 7)
Slowing deforestation may be worth billions: study (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 6)
Rubber trees for tire industry shrink China rainforests (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 6)
Technology
Revolutionary CO2 Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 9)
Expert foresees 10 more years of R&D to make solar energy competitive (ENN/Am. Chemical Soc., Apr. 8)
A Cleaner, Leaner Jet Age Has Arrived (N.Y. Times, Apr. 8) Site requires free registration
California Company Develops Plug-In Hybrid (NPR, Apr. 7)
Hydrogen-powered plane takes off (BBC News, Apr. 4)
Models Look Good When Predicting Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 3)
Pollution
NOAA Aircraft To Probe Arctic Pollution (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 9)
Haze could worsen this year: ASEAN ministers [Southeast Asia.] (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 8)
Sea Salt May Add to Air Pollution [Houston.] (Red Orbit, Apr. 7)
UN body to slash ship fuel pollution by 2015 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 7)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Green in the boardroom: the environment tops utilities execs' concerns (C/net, Apr. 9)
Green cleaning on the rise; Cleansers like baking soda, vinegar making comeback due to environmental concerns (Sudbury Star, Apr. 8)
Broadwater releases favorable poll, but others attack survey [Natural gas processing facility planned for Long Island Sound.] (Newsday, Apr. 7)
CDW Survey Finds Support for Telecommuting Growing in Private Sector (Greener Computing, Apr. 3)
Green Building
Museums sprout 'green' architecture (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 9)
Building 'green' is getting cheaper, convention in Sacramento shows (Sacramento Bee, Apr. 9)
Eco-town shortlist revealed [U.K.] (Edie, Apr. 4)
U.S. & Government
As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation (N.Y. Times, Apr. 9) Site requires free registration
White House hopefuls woo Gore, focus on climate (Yahoo!/Reuters, Apr. 9)
Death Looms for a Flood-Control Project [Lower Mississippi Delta.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 9) Site requires free registration
More waters off California may be off limits to oil drilling (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 8)
New York assembly shelves Manhattan congestion charge (Guardian UK, Apr. 8)
Gore convinced US will sign up to new climate treaty in 2009 (Yahoo!AFP, Apr. 7)
US environmental group expels Florida chapter amid endorsement row [Sierra Club.] (Guardian UK, Apr. 8)
Trees Block Solar Panels, and a Feud Ends in Court [California.] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 7) Site requires free registration
Navy releases extensive marine impact study (L.A. Times, Apr. 4) Site requires free registration
18 US States Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Pollution (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 4)
Bush's 'caution' on CO2 seen as 'foot-dragging' by critics (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 3)
International
Canada to create giant new northern national park (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 8)
Environment crime now high on the world agenda (ENN/UN, Apr. 7)
Russia considers ban on baby seal hunting: ministry (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 7)
NAFTA, US Drought Endanger Canada's Water – Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 7)
China sacrifices rain forests in Yunnan Province to produce more rubber (Int'l. Herald Tribune, Apr. 7)
Amazon’s ‘Forest Peoples’ Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate Agreements (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Examples of eco-friendly measures in Swedish town of Vaexjoe (Yahoo!/AFP, Apr. 6)
Bangkok climate change talks close (Yahoo!/Reuters, Apr. 4)
Climate Change
Hansen: Earth at Crisis Point (Universe Today, Apr. 7)
Soot Plays Big Role in Global Warming (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Apr. 7)
WHO: Climate change threatens millions (Yahoo!/AP, Apr. 7)
Climate change increases cataract blindness risk: experts (Yahoo!/AFP, Apr. 7)
Carbon credits could help save Amazon, blunt warming: study (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 7)
Iceland: life on global warming's front line (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 6)
New Focus on Coal's Part in Warming (Washington Post, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Climate Change's Impact on Egypt (NPR, Apr. 6)
A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming (N.Y. Times, Apr. 6) Site requires free registration
Aussie medics warn on health impact of climate change (Yahoo!/AFP, Apr. 6)
Nobel scientist issues warning on global warming (Yahoo!/Reuters, Apr. 5)
Canadian Researchers Warn Of New Arctic Worries [Mackenzie Delta.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 4)
Energy
On the Irish Coast, Reconsidering Energy From the Town Up (N.Y. Times, Apr. 9) Site requires free registration
Longer-Lasting Batteries for Laptops (Technology Review, Apr. 7)
Fuel made from coal ignites green row (Guardian UK, Apr. 5)
Nonelectric Hybrid Engines (Technology Review, Apr. 1)
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