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Media
James Carville and Mary Matalin Interviewed About the State of the Union for Salon City's Green Issue (CNNMoney, May 20)
Ancient Coral Reefs Provide Underwater 'Islands' [New film, “Beneath the Blue."] (Red Orbit, May 19)
Green Living & Social Trends
A Lesson in Seafood, Sustainably Speaking (Washington Post, May 21) Free site registration required
Games consoles 'not green enough' (BBC News, May 20)
 Moms Share Tips for Green Parenting (NPR, May 20)
For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That’s Sweet (ENN/N.Y. Times, May 19)
Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions (N.Y. Times, May 17) Free site registration required
Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary: Why that organic label on your milk doesn't tell the whole story (Grist, May 16)
How to make food greener (Christian Science Monitor, May 16)
Eco-Friendly Paths to Exfoliation (N.Y. Times, May 15) Free site registration required
Benidorm - the new face of eco-tourism (BBC News, May 15)
Business & Economy
Ethical investment set to rise with generation of 'green teens' (Fair Investment Co., May 20)
Sustainable Coffee Program Booming - Green Group [Rainforest Alliance.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 19)
ExxonMobil facing shareholder revolt over global warming (Christian Science Monitor, May 19)
Adding the Environment to the Scales of Justice [Lawyers go green.] (GreenBiz, May 19)
Biodiversity loss costs six percent of world income: report (Yahoo!/AFP, May 17)
Anger over climate change loans (BBC News, May 18)
Toyota says Prius hybrid sales hit 1 million worldwide (Yahoo!/Reuters, May 15)
Commentary
Concerns About BPA Plastic (N.Y. Times, May 20) Free site registration required
Peak Oil And Politicians (Free Internet Press, May 18)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Ice Dwellers Are Finding Less Ice to Dwell On (N.Y. Times, May 20) Free site registration required
Climate 'accelerating bird loss' (BBC News, May 19)
Rare pygmy hogs head for the wild (BBC News, May 19)
Bees and biodiversity linked to food shortage (Int'l. Herald Tribune/AP, May 19)
UN Talks Seek To Safeguard Animals And Plants [Convention on Biological Diversity.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 19)
Wildlife populations 'plummeting' (BBC News, May 16)
A Pest Without a Name, Becoming Known to Ever More [Texas Gulf Coast.] (N.Y. Times, May 16) Free site registration required
Charles urges forest logging halt (BBC News, May 15)
Seeking an Amazon solution (BBC News, May 15)
US lists polar bear as threatened (BBC News, May 15)
US Sea Lions Died Of Overheating, Not Gunshots (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 15)
Will new resort imperil Grenada’s endangered dove? (Christian Science Monitor, May 14)
Technology
Fuels Cells: New Material Increases Power Output By More Than 50 Percent (ScienceDaily, May 19)
Hybrid boat waves hello to S.F. Bay (San Francisco Chronicle, May 17)
Energy Efficiency: Overlooked and Misunderstood (GreenBiz, May 16)
Pollution
Effects of Nanotubes May Lead to Cancer, Study Says (Washington Post, May 21) Free site registration required
China Earthquake Buried 32 Radiation Sources (Nat'l. Geographic News/AP, May 20)
China warns of water contamination from quake: state media (TerraDaily/AFP, May 20)
Personal Care Products Linked To Environmental Pollution And Human Health Concerns (TerraDaily/SPX, May 18)
Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased (Washington Post, May 16) Free site registration required
Communities Take Action to Protect Great Lakes (NPR, May, 16)
D.C. to pay feds $600,000 over mercury cleanup (Examiner, May 15)
Park Service defends actions after finding arsenic at Fort Reno (Examiner, May 15)
US Study Sees Threat From Big-Particle Pollutants (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 14)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Greener offices make happier employees (PhysOrg, May 19)
Tokyoites least eco-minded of rich city dwellers: poll (Yahoo!/AFP, May 19)
Americans Leery of Bicycles Despite Gas Price Jump (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 16)
Green Building
Building a Better Wood Than Mother Nature (Washington Post, May 17) Free site registration required
The Promise of Green Paint (N.Y. Times, May 15) Free site registration required
A House Handmade and Eco-Harmonious (Washington Post, May 15) Free site registration required
Home Improvement Done Right (Greentips/Union of Concerned Scientists, May 2008)
U.S. & Government
Arlington County Energy Manager Wins National EPA Climate Protection Award (Arlington News, May 20)
US environmental official admits White House influenced emissions decision (Guardian UK, May 19)
Drilling for Defeat? (NYT Magazine, May 18) Free site registration required
Club Seeks to Thin Woods It Camps In (Washington Post, May 18) Free site registration required
Polar Bear Ruling Worries Indigenous Alaskans (Red Orbit, May 17)
McCain's Gift to the Green Movement (Time, May 14)
International
Greenpeace calls for deforestation fund (Yahoo!/AFP, May 20)
Thousands face death as drought sweeps Ethiopia (TerraDaily/AFP, May 20)
Go-ahead for Iceland's whale hunt (BBC News, May 19)
Complex Climate Treaty Challenges Experts (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 19)
One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal (N.Y. Times, May 18) Free site registration required
Tokyo to propose cap-and-trade emissions plan (Reuters, May 16)
Cameroonian joins global quest for clean water (Christian Science Monitor, May 15)
Peru sets up environment ministry (BBC News, May 14)
Barcelona forced to import emergency water (Guardian UK, May 14)
Climate Change
Climate change having 'worldwide, widespread effects' (ENN/Science and Development Network, May 20)
Giant kangaroo image gives clues on climate [To better understand how Earth reflects sunlight.] (Yahoo!/Reuters, May 20)
Arctic host to a new 'Cold War' (BBC News, May 19)
The Ethical Duty to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty (ClimateEthics, May 19)
Climate Changes Creating Green And Flowering Mountains [Sweden.] ScienceDaily, May 18)
On Climate, Symbols Can Overshadow Substance (Washington Post, May 17)
Climate change threatens French truffle (Reuters, May 16)
Obesity Contributes To Global Warming - Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 16)
Energy
An Oracle of Oil Predicts $200-a-Barrel Crude (N.Y. Times, May 21)
Is Energy Independence a Pipe Dream? (NPR, May 20)
A Cool Trick for Solar Cells (Technology Review, May 16)
Biofuels must not deprive poor of food: EU Commissioner (EUBusiness, May 16)
Germany Debates Subsidies for Solar Industry (N.Y. Times, May 16)
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