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Media
Publishers Look to Cash in on Green (Folio, May 22)
Magazine Prints Issue on Wheat Paper (Folio, May 22)
GM and Discovery Communications Form Media Partnership On First-Ever 24/7 'Green' Network, Planet Green (DCI, May 21)
Entertainment Marketers 2008: Kevin Wall [Live Earth executive producer] (Advertising Age, May 19)
Green Living & Social Trends
The Other Footprint : The Water Footprint (ENN, May 26)
Green Messages Can Confuse Consumers (NPR, May 26)
How Green Is the College? Time the Showers (N.Y. Times, May 26) Free site registration required
Eco-labels Impact Consumer Behavior (GreenBiz, May 24)
Under Attack [Fighting household pests without poison] (Washington Post, May 24) Free site registration required
 As gasoline prices soar, Americans slowly adapt (IHT, May 23)
SUV Owners Ready for Something Smaller (NPR, May 21)
Business & Economy
Exxon Again Cuts Funds For Climate Change Sceptics (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 26)
New Suite of Printing Solutions from HP Aim to Reduce Office Paper Waste (GreenBiz, May 23)
Heavyweight investors join Rockefeller rebellion at ExxonMobil (Guardian, May 22)
IBM Launches Supply Chain Carbon Analysis Tool (GreenBiz, May 22)
AT&T to Introduce 105 Alternative Fuel Vehicles in its Fleet (GreenBiz, May 22)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
The Senate's Chance on Warming (N.Y. Times, May 28) Free site registration required
Smearing Rachel Carson (Christian Science Monitor, May 27)
How to Help the Planet by Buying a Hummer (NPR, May 27)
Christian - and devout greenie (Seattle Times, May 21)
Greenwashed! How to spot the travel industry's eco-lies (Miami Herald, May 14)
Earth at 350 (Nation, May 12)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forest (National Geographic News, May 27)
Plague Of Kangaroos Threatens One Of Australia's Last Remaining Original Native Grasslands (TerraDaily/SPX, May 27)
Incredible shrinking frogs: The price of deforestation? (New Scientist, May 27)
More than 80% of World's Fisheries In Danger From Overfishing (ENN, May 26)
Honey Bee Losses Continue To Rise In U.S. (ENN, May 26)
Invasive Snails Take a Toll on Native Ducks (NPR, May 26)
Race for Antarctic krill a test for green management (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 24)
Everglades Park Counts the Good and the Bad After a Blaze (N.Y. Times, May 23) Free site registration required
Most North Pacific Humpback Whale Populations Rebounding (TerraDaily/SPX, May 23)
Myanmar mangroves must be replanted to bolster ecosystem: IUCN (Yahoo News/AFP, May 23)
Rhinos poaching is getting worse in India (ENN, May 23)
Growing Ocean Acidity May Erode Coastal Ecosystems (National Geographic News, May 22)
Taste for fins threatens sharks with extinction: study (Yahoo News/AFP, May 22)
Russian pipeline plan threatens whales: environmental groups (TerraDaily/AFP, May 22)
Quake Further Endangers China's Giant Pandas (NPR, May 22)
Tasmanian Devils Named Endangered Species (National Geographic News, May 21)
Pacific islands act to save threatened tuna (Reuters, May 21)
Baby caribou hit by climate double whammy (New Scientist, May 21)
Technology
Don't want to release your CO2? Bury it (Yahoo News/AFP, May 25)
No-pressure way to capture CO2 (Christian Science Monitor, May 23)
Pollution
NASA Satellites Illuminate Influence of Pollution On Clouds And Climate (TerraDaily/SPX, May 28)
Childhood lead exposure can predict criminality (New Scientist, May 28)
Glaciers in Antarctica May Be Releasing DDT Through Meltwater (N.Y. Times, May 27) Free site registration required
Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study (Yahoo News/AFP, May 23)
Particle pollution more toxic than thought (Edie, May 23)
Uranium Producer Warns of Lake Ontario Pollution (N.Y. Times, May 22) Free site registration required
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Many government workers unaware of 'green' tech, survey says (Baltimore Business Journal, May 27)
Green halo or greenwash? [Claims about eco-friendly products are often met with suspicion] (Financial Post, May 23)
Knowledgeable Republicans 'less concerned' over climate (New Scientist, May 23)
Green Building
Critics say new green rating hurts affordable housing (MLive/Washington Business Journal, May 26)
U.S. & Government
White House hopefuls serious on climate change: UN official (Yahoo News/AFP, May 26)
Senate set to take up climate change debate (Yahoo News/Reuters, May 26)
Bush Eyes Unprecedented Conservation Program (NPR, May 23)
Bush May Create Largest Marine Reserves in World (NPR, May 23)
US city to charge polluting firms [San Francisco] (BBC News, May 22)
Alaska to sue over polar bears' status as 'threatened' (New Scientist, May 22)
US carbon dioxide emissions up 1.6 percent in 2007 (Energy Daily, May 20)
International
Turkey hints at "significant" moves on climate change (ENN, May 27)
Brazil's new environment minister to tackle fears over Amazon (TerraDaily/AFP, May 27)
Billions wasted on UN climate programme (ENN, May 26)
G8 ministers urge 50% emissions cut (Yahoo News, May 26)
Brazil Rainforest Analysis Sets Off Political Debate (N.Y. Times, May 25) Free site registration required
Rich nations must lead on climate change: UN official (Yahoo News/AFP, May 23)
Europe seeks greenest city (Edie, May 23)
Biggest drop in greenhouse gas emissions by G8 nations since 1990 bid to slow climate change (Evening Standard, May 23)
Climate change 'will cost Andes US$30 billion' (SciDev, May 22)
EU parliament calls for more research into impact of biofuels (Yahoo News/AFP, May 21)
EU nations to sanction serious environmental abuse (Yahoo News/AFP, May 21)
Call to settle ocean care dispute (BBC News, May 21)
Japan divided on carbon trading, talks continue (Reuters, May 21)
Climate Change
Report Details Effects of Climate Change Across U.S. (Washington Post, May 28) Free site registration required
Study Cites High Cost of Global Warming, Says Action Would Be Cheaper (ENN, May 26)
Warm winds comfort climate change models: study (TerraDaily/AFP, May 25)
Methane rise points to wetlands (BBC News, May 23)
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice (BBC News, May 23)
Aspen trees starved in global warming experiment (Yahoo News/AP, May 22)
Radical Solution to Climate Change: Global Dimming through Sulphur (ENN, May 22)
Animated Map Brings Global Climate Crisis To Life (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 21)
Alps hit by two-decade decline in snowfall (Yahoo News/AFP, May 21)
New Ocean-Mapping Satellite Primed for June Launch [Climate change research] (Yahoo News/Space.com, May 20)
Hurricanes 'are not caused by global warming' (Telegraph UK, May 19)
Energy
'Recycling' Energy Seen Saving Companies Money (NPR, May 22)
Nuclear breaks out as America's new 'green' darling (Yahoo News/AFP, May 22)
Modern-Day Alchemy: Turning Trash Into Power (Planet Ark/Reuters, May 22)
Mechanical Fin Power: Oceanic Power Generation (ENN, May 21)
Some biofuel crops could become invasive species, experts warn (Energy Daily/AFP, May 20)
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