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Media
The Aria of Prince Algorino [“An Inconvenient Truth,” the opera.] (N.Y. Times, June 17) Free site registration required
 Climate book is judges' hot pick [Emerging Explorer Mark Lynas' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet.] (BBC News, June 16)
Tapped Out [“Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” (N.Y. Times, June 15) Free site registration required
'Eco-Horror': Green Panic on the Silver Screen? [The Happening.] (NPR, June 13)
Green Living & Social Trends
The 'pope' of hope: Can religion help prevent eco-catastrophe? [Orthodox Church.] (Guardian, June 18)
Meet the Freecyclers (Guardian/Observer, June 15)
That Buzz in Your Ear May Be Green Noise (N.Y. Times, June 15) Free site registration required
Making the Connection Between Your Home and Your Planet (Washington Post, June 14)
Business & Economy
Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight [Green engineering.] (N.Y. Times, June 17)
Honda rolls out new zero-emission car (Yahoo!/AP, June 16)
More Keen on Clean and Green (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 16)
U.S. floods wipe out ethanol profits (Int'l. Herald Tribune, June 13)
Airlines Analyze Operations to Save Fuel (ENN/WBCSD, June 12)
Commentary
Yes, We Will Have No Bananas (N.Y. Times, June 18)
Fight for the Frogs (EMagazine, June 17)
All Biofuels Are Not The Same (Washington Post, June 16) Free site registration required
A Prince's Green Sensibility (Washington Post, June 14) Free site registration required
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
White rhino in Congo on brink of extinction (Reuters, June 17)
Mass Extinctions Due to Sea Level Changes, Study Says (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 17)
Secret Life of the World's Biggest Fish Revealed [Whale sharks.] (The Seoul Times, June 17)
Group seeks emergency protection for 32 species (Yahoo!/AP, June 16)
Inside the Gorilla Wars: Rangers on Risking It All Virunga National Park.] (Nat'l. Geographic News, June 16)
Bee Species Outnumber Mammals And Birds Combined (TerraDaily/SPX, June 13)
EU to ban Med bluefin tuna fishing from next week [Species approaching collapse.] (ENN/Reuters, June 13)
Technology
Space cameras to monitor forests (BBC News, June 17)
Starting to Think Outside the Jar [Glassmaking requires lots of energy and materials.] (N.Y. Times, June 15) Free site registration required
Rocky Water Source [Gypsum.] (TerraDaily/SPX, June 13)
Invention to Make Water Recycling Faster, Cheaper (ENN/Earth 911, June 13))
Pollution
Old Farming Habits Leave Uzbekistan a Legacy of Salt (N.Y. Times, June 15)Free site registration required
Pollution rules may be suspended to allow big expansion of Heathrow (Times UK, June 14)
Persistent Man-Made Chemical Pollutants Found In Deep-Sea Octopods And Squids (TerraDaily/SPX, June 13)
China quake lake runoff contaminates towns' water: Xinhua (TerraDaily/AFP, June 12)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Is the credit crunch killing green shopping? (SmartPlanet, June 18)
Environmental Skeptics Are Overwhelmingly Politicized, Study Says (ENN/Worldwatch Institute, June 12)
Green Building
Environmental Award for Green Building Materials - the 2008 Green Log Award Goes to Durisol Building Systems (PRWeb, June 18)
Green building hard to define (Springfield Business Journal, June 16)
Chinese Eco-City Planned For One Million Inhabitants (ENN/WBCSD, June 13)
U.S. & Government
Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban (N.Y. Times, June 18)Free site registration required
Al Gore endorses Barack Obama for president (Guardian UK, June 16)
Congress Pushes to Keep Land Untamed (Washington Post, June 16)
Bush Allows Big Oil to Explore Among Polar Bears (Red Orbit, June 15)
The Death of the SUV and the Wisconsin City That Will Deal With the Repercussion (ENN/Triple Pundit, June 14)
International
Green agenda still key - Cameron (BBC News, June 16)
U.N. climate deal said "daunting" as Bonn talks end (ENN/Reuters, June 15)
US seeks support for climate fund [G8 nations.] (BBC News, June 13)
Drought doubles number of Ethiopians needing aid: U.N. (Reuters, June 13)
Sierra Leone imposes logging rules after lifting timber ban: minister (TerraDaily/AFP, June 12)
City seeks to be carbon neutral [Stirling.] (BBC News, June 12)
Madagascar signs conservation deal with France: WWF (Yahoo!/AFP, June 12)
Climate Change
UN warns of growth in climate change refugees (Times UK, June 17)
Disaster-Prone Deltas Next Climate Risk - Ecologist (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 16)
China Pulls Ahead in the Great Carbon Race (N.Y. Times, June 14) Free site registration required
Senegal city is 'most threatened' [Rising sea level.] (BBC News, June 13)
Energy
Chemists Get Scoop On Crude 'Oil' From Pig Manure (ScienceDaily, June 17)
Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire (Yahoo!/AP, June 16)
For Italian Scientist, Tobacco Means Cleaner Air [Biofuels.] (Planet Ark/Reuters, June 16)
Making City Buses Run Cleaner Yields a Big Bonus: Fewer Trips to the Gas Pump (N.Y. Times, June 14) Free site registration required
Ethanol's Forecast [Midwestern flooding.] (Technology Review, June 12)
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