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Media
Song of the Earth: A composer takes inspiration from the Arctic. (New Yorker, May 12)
Jeffrey Sachs explains how to save the world [Economist's new book, "Common Wealth."] (Telegraph UK, May 6)
Toying With Catastrophe: Takashi Murakami Coats the Toxic Fruit of Consumer Culture With Bold, Playful Imagery (Washington Post, May 5) Free site registration required
Green Living & Social Trends
 Just how 'green' is that shirt? (Christian Science Monitor, May 7)
How to recycle those threadbare duds (Christian Science Monitor, May 7)
Perfecting the PC (emagazine, May 6)
A Woman, a Village and a War on Plastic Bags [England.] (Washington Post, May 6) Free site registration required
Rising Food Prices Hit Organics (ENN/Green Consumers Assoc., May 5)
Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint [Travel.] (N.Y. Times, May 5) Free site registration required
Green Anchors [Living walls.] (NYT Design & Living Spring 2008) Free site registration required
Business & Economy
"Green" Banana Farming Gains Industry Appeal (Nat'l. Geographic News, May 6)
Big Business Muddies EU's Biofuels Debate (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 5)
Can Green Trade Tariffs Combat Climate Change? (ENN/Global Policy Innovations Program, May 3)
Rockefellers Push Exxon to Go Green (NPR, May 2)
Approaching Efficiency as an Investment (GreenBiz, May 1)
How to Develop a Green IT Culture (Greener Computing, Apr. 30)
Commentary
Green movement forgets its politics (BBC News, May 6)
Phosphates and the Bay: Why cut a big corporation a break? (Washington Post, May 5) Free site registration required
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Cod fall may speed 'toxic tide' [Algae blooms.] (BBC News, May 7)
Australia's koalas threatened by global warming (Yahoo!/AFP, May 7)
Endangered Seals Eating Endangered Salmon (NPR, May 6)
Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species (Yahoo!/AP, May 5)
Rainforest seeds revive lost paradise [Borneo.] (Guardian/Observer, May 4)
Global Effort to Capture DNA of Every Tree Species (Red Orbit, May 3)
VIDEO: Saving Cheetahs From Extinction (Nat'l. Geographic News, May 1)
Many Asian Vultures Close to Extinction, Survey Finds (Nat'l. Geographic News, May 1)
Technology
Climate prediction: No model for success (BBC News, May 6)
Delaying data could cut net's carbon footprint (New Scientist, May 5)
French scientists tweak carbon-storing powder (Yahoo!/AFP, May 2)
Pollution
Breeding toxins from dead PCs: Children are dying to clear up the developed world's discarded computers (Guardian UK, May 6)
Melting glaciers release toxic chemical cocktail (New Scientist, May 7)
Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences (ENN/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, May 6)
Fungi have a hand in depleted uranium's environmental fate (ENN/Cell Press, May 5)
Anti-pollution march staged in western China (Int'l. Herald Tribune, May 5)
Air Pollution Impedes Bees' Ability to Find Flowers (Washington Post, May 5) Free site registration required
Hundreds of ducks die after landing in oil sands in Canada (Yahoo!/AP, May 1)
Pittsburgh surpasses Los Angeles as nation's sootiest city (Yahoo!/AP, May 1)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Survey Finds Widespread Adoption of Sustainable Seafood (GreenBiz, May 6)
IBM CEO survey uncovers info-hungry 'green' customers (C/Net, May 6)
CBS-Times poll: We reject gas tax holiday (Grist, May 4)
Suppliers See Climate Change Regulation as Business Risk: Survey (GreenBiz, May 1)
Green Building
In Green-Building Study, NVR Lands at the Bottom (Washington Post, May 7) Free site registration required
Tornado-struck Kansas town rebuilds green (Christian Science Monitor/L.A. Times, May 6)
How Green is My Building (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 1)
U.S. & Government
A City Committed to Recycling Is Ready for More [San Francisco.] (N.Y. Times, May 6) Free site registration required
Censorship exposed at US environment agency (New Scientist, May 5)
Fighting Global Warming Block by Block (Washington Post, May 4) Free site registration required
U.S. Carbon Footprint Difficult to Reduce (NPR, May 2)
Lawmakers Revisit Ethanol Mandates as Prices Soar (NPR, May 2)
Bush administration response on car mileage riles governors (Christian Science Monitor, May 1)
US govt to tighten lead emissions standards (Yahoo!/AFP, May 1)
International
Israel’s Big Green Future (emagazine, May 6)
Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk' (BBC News, May 6)
Indonesians use Koran to teach environmentalism (Int'l. Herald Tribune, May 6)
Russia, US sign nuclear energy deal (Energy Daily/AFP, May 6)
Singapore water makes global waves (BBC News, May 6)
Water looms as “The Next Oil,” warns MIT Sloan professor (ENN/MIT, May 5)
Australian FM says whaling on agenda in Japan (Yahoo!/AFP, May 5)
Brazil defends ethanol in food-versus-fuel fight (Christian Science Monitor, May 5)
Someone Isn't Enjoying the Ride [Elephants in Thailand.] (Washington Post, May 4) Free site registration required
U.N. sees world climate change deal in 2009 (Yahoo!/Reuters, May 4)
Poaching is jeopardizing conservation efforts in Greece (ENN/WWF, May 2)
Climate Change
Climate link with killer cyclones spurs fierce scientific debate (TerraDaily/AFP, May 6)
Environmentalists divided about burying CO2 (ENN/Reuters, May 5)
Global Warming Affects World's Largest Freshwater Lake [Russia's Lake Baikal.] (TerraDaily/SPX, May 5)
Will Global Warming Take A Short Break? (ScienceDaily, May 5)
Climate Change Warms Arctic, Cools Antarctica (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 5)
Beavers Offer Solution to Climate Change (NPR, May 3)
Climate troubles brewing for beer makers (Nature News, May 2)
Scientists Head To Warming Alaska On Ice Core Expedition (TerraDaily/SPX, May 2)
Ocean Dead Zones Growing; May Be Linked to Warming (Nat'l. Geographic News, May 1)
Energy
Disruptions In Oil Supply May Extend Price Rise (Washington Post, May 6) Free site registration required
Women farmers face eviction in biofuels boom (New Scientist, May 6)
U.S. to fund advanced water energy studies (Energy Daily/UPI, May 6)
Grease bandits strike as biofuel demand rises (Christian Science Monitor, May 6)
Oil hits $120 a barrel milestone (BBC News, May 5)
Turning Fungus Into Fuel: Organism With Taste For Olive Drab Shows Promise For Greener Energy (Science Daily, May 5)
Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi Builds Renewable-Energy City (NPR, May 5)
Scientists to ‘recreate sun’ in hunt for energy (Times UK, May 4)
Africa's biggest oil producer goes green (Yahoo!/AFP, May 4)
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