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Media
Scientists Debate The Accuracy Of Al Gore's Documentary An Inconvenient Truth (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 15)
The Daily Green Announces Its Inaugural Heart of Green Award Winners (PR Newswire, Apr. 14)
Vanity Fair's ‘Green' Issue: Another Waste (Folio, Apr. 14)
 Nickelodeon Steps Up Its 'Green' Efforts (BrandWeek, Apr. 11)
TV docs on a roll, with China, climate change topping sales (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 10)
A Textbook Case of Downplaying Global Warming? [Houghton Mifflin receives complaints re: its characterizations of warming] (N.Y. Times, Apr. 10) Free site registration required
Discovery To Debut Planet Green In June (Multichannel News, Apr. 8)/p>
The spy who greened me [Bond film to feature greenwashing eco-villain] (Gristmill, Apr. 8)
Green Living & Social Trends
Rising Demand for Meat Takes Toll on Environment (NPR, Apr. 16)
10 Green Gadgets (Grist, Apr. 14)
How to Avoid the Eco-Imposters (ENN, Apr. 13)
Low-Carbon Living Takes Off In The US (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 9)
The 15-minute tip: Sizing up your carbon footprint (MarketWatch, Apr. 9)
Nontoxic, Green Makeup Goes Pro (Daily Green, Apr. 7)
Business & Economy
Survey: Marks & Spencer a Green Winner, BP Biggest Greenwasher (GreenBiz, Apr. 16)
Will Corporate Greening Reverse in a Recession? (ENN, Apr. 15)
Nike Works to Green its Supply Chain in Asia (GreenBiz, Apr. 15)
Fiji Water Discloses Supply Chain Carbon Footprint, Plans to Reduce Environmental Impact (GreenBiz, Apr. 11)
Ford Yields to Shareholder Pressure, Outlines Plan to Reduce GHG Emissions (GreenBiz, Apr. 10)
United Steelworkers Join NGOs to Promote Green Collar Jobs (GreenBiz, Apr. 10)
Green phones still a few years away: Nokia (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 10)
Business Leaders Unite To Sway UN Climate Talks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 10)
The Growth in 'Green-Collar' Jobs (Newsweek, Apr. 8)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
A Leadership Reality Check (Newsweek, Apr. 14)
Sustainable Packaging and the Five Stages of Grief (GreenBiz, Apr. 13)
How green is your presidential candidate? (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 8)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
At Indian Preserves, Tigers Remain King as People Are Coaxed Out (N.Y. Times, Apr. 16) Free site registration required
Nuked coral reef bounces back (New Scientist, Apr. 14)
Conservation plan in Cambodia aims to protect habitat of endangered bird (IHT/AP, Apr. 14)
Survey: Beekeepers Lost 35% of Bees This Winter (Daily Green, Apr. 14)
Mangrove project creates fish, fire and hope in Eritrean desert (TerraDaily/AFP, Apr. 14)
In the West, a Fierce Battle Over Wolves (N.Y. Times, Apr. 13) Free site registration required
South China Sea headed for troubled waters: marine experts (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 12)
Salmon Fishing Banned in U.S. Northwest (National Geographic News/AP, Apr. 11)
Warmer seas, over-fishing spell disaster for oceans: scientists (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 11)
Map reveals key wildlife hotspots (BBC News, Apr. 11)
Invasive foreign species threaten China's biodiversity (SciDev.net, Apr. 11)
Fur Seals' Decline Puzzles Aleuts, Scientists (NPR, Apr. 11)
Scientists unveil conservation roadmap for Madagascar (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 10)
Groups seek sand dune lizard protection (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 10)
Species Monitoring Seen Helping Slow Extinctions (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 10)
Right whales wronged (Nature News, Apr. 10)
Shorebird Numbers Crash: Survey Alarm (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 10)
Technology
Ultracapacitors: the future of electric cars or the 'cold fusion' of autovation? (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 16)
Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Free site registration required
High-Tech Sound Detectors to Warn Ships of Right Whales (National Geographic News, Apr. 9)
Bacteria designed to search out pesticides (Nature News, Apr. 9)
Pollution
Study links traffic pollution to thousands of deaths (Guardian, Apr. 15)
Chevron denies 16.5-billion-dollar pollution damage in Ecuador (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 15)
Dental offices may be source of mercury pollution (Yahoo News/Reuters, Apr. 14)
China's Olympic anti-pollution plan to start in July (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 14)
Scentless Spring? Flower Smells Blocked by Pollution (National Geographic News, Apr. 11)
NOAA Aircraft To Probe Arctic Pollution (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 9)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Americans Trust Green Claims, But Support Government Oversight: Survey (GreenBiz, Apr. 16)
Environment is a Top Issue to Nine out of 10 Parents, According to Recent Survey (BusinessWire, Apr. 10)
Green Building
Beijing Looks to 'Green' Buildings to Cut Emissions (NPR, Apr. 14)
Museums sprout 'green' architecture (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 9)
From natural disaster to green revolution [Kansas town becomes green after toronado] (Guardian, Apr. 9)
U.S. & Government
Bush: US to halt greenhouse gas rise by 2025 (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 16)
Senators rip EPA over lack of knowledge on drugs in water (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 15)
Court Sets Fall Debate on Standards of Water Act (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Free site registration required
U.S. Senate Approves Extension of Renewable Energy Credits (GreenBiz, Apr. 14)
US Congress Should Take Lead On CO2 Rules - Lawmakers (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 11)
Great Lakes will not be America's reservoir (Edie, Apr. 11)
EPA Advisors Slam New Smog Rule (Time/AP, Apr. 10)
White House Hopefuls Woo Gore, Focus On Climate (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 10)
International
Global food system 'must change' (BBC News, Apr. 15)
China 'now top carbon polluter' (BBC News, Apr. 14)
Bangladesh faces climate change refugee nightmare (ENN/Reuters, Apr. 13)
Is this the beginning of water wars? [Spain's water shortage] (New Scientist, Apr. 11)
Costa Rica aims to be 'carbon neutral' by 2021 (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 10)
Philippines to make climate change part of school curriculum (Yahoo News/AFP, Apr. 9)
Brazil builds £10m condom factory to help save rainforest (Guardian, Apr. 9)
Climate Change
A controversial fighter in the climate-change debate [NASA's James Hansen] (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 17)
Glacial melt thaws South Asian rivalry (Nature News, Apr. 16)
Forecast for big sea level rise (BBC News, Apr. 15)
Teenage Skeptic Takes on Climate Scientists (NPR, Apr. 15)
Hurricane Expert Reassesses Link to Warming (N.Y. Times, Apr. 12) Free site registration required
Canada Logging May Ignite 'Carbon Bomb' - Greenpeace (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 11)
'Citizen scientists' watch for signs of climate change (Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 10)
Global Warming Not a Cosmic Swindle (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Apr. 10)
Scientists predict more floods, droughts (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 10)
Warming Trends Rise In Large Ocean Areas – Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 10)
Lack of Clouds Amplified Dino-Era Warming, Study Says (National Geographic News, Apr. 9)
Climate change brings health risks (Yahoo News/AP, Apr. 9)
Revolutionary CO2 Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources (TerraDaily/SPX, Apr. 9)
Energy
Nuclear power has important role in reducing CO2: Brussels (EU Business, Apr. 15)
Methane Plants: China's Clean Energy Alternative (NPR, Apr. 15)
New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days (N.Y. Times, Apr. 15) Free site registration required
Investors Take On Green Energy's "Valley Of Death" (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 15)
Japan's Arctic methane hydrate haul raises environment fears (Times UK, Apr. 14)
World Bank Chief: Biofuels Boosting Food Prices (NPR, Apr. 11)
Scientists Seek New Ways to Produce Biofuel (NPR, Apr. 11)
NSF Announces Green Gasoline & Fuels Breakthroughs (ENN, Apr. 11)
"Clean Coal" Elusive As Governments Balk At Cost (Planet Ark/Reuters, Apr. 11)
Wind Farm Buffets Family, Town Relations (NPR, Apr. 9)
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