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Media
Why Carbon is Not a Bad Word [Review of "The Carbon Age" by Eric Roston] (Time, July 27)
Books to nurture eco conscience (Star Phoenix, July 26)
'Positively Green' to focus on eco-friendly choices for busy women (Press-Enterprise, July 25)
Eco-Friendly Books Explore The Literary Green (NPR, July 24)
Pedaling the Local Food Movement (Washington Post, July 24)
Planet Green's Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee to Encore Weekly on TLC (Baltimore Business Journal/PRNewswire, July 23)
Planet Green's FOCUS EARTH WITH BOB WOODRUFF Premieres with an In-Depth Look at the... (Reuters, July 10)
Your Environmental Road Trip (YERT) Celebrates the Completion of Eco-Adventure (Reuters, July 8)
Green Living & Social Trends
Energy Conservation: Starting At Home (NPR, July 29)
U.S. blacks face harsher climate change impact (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 29)
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Use (NPR, July 28)
Finding and Fixing a Home's Power Hogs (N.Y. Times, July 27) Free site registration required
EarthTalk: What's the 'greenest' TV? (Christian Science Monitor, July 25)
 Doctors' advice to Britons: have fewer children and help save the planet (Guardian, July 25)
Recession? The perfect time to slow down (Guardian, July 24)
How to hitch a ride on the Web [Ride-sharing sites] (Christian Science Monitor, July 24)
Americans must diet to save their economy [Diet and energy use] (New Scientist, July 23)
Beyond Backpacking: First there was ecotourism. Then came sustainable travel and green hotels. What's in your suitcase? (Newsweek, July 12)
Business & Economy
Study: Green jobs could spark "explosive growth" (Christian Science Monitor, July 29)
Assessment Tool Helps Companies Measure Impacts (GreenBiz, July 29)
Burt's Bees Sets Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal (CSRwire, July 29)
Designing a Greener Road Trip [Supply chain] (GreenBiz, July 28)
New Online Donor Site Is Shaded Green (N.Y. Times, July 25) Free site registration required
HP's plan to fix ailing planet (BBC News, July 25)
Coca-Cola Aims to Increase Recycled Content, Reduce Weight of Bottles (GreenBiz, July 25)
How Your Company Can Benefit from Green Social Networking (GreenBiz, July 25)
US cars: Demise of American gas guzzler forces Ford to focus on European models (Guardian, July 25)
Investors Pressure Corporations to Address Climate (ENN/Worldwatch, July 25)
Postal Service Takes Lead In Going Green (NPR, July 23)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Living the dream [Renewable energy] (L.A. Times, July 29)
Bush's Last Chance: The Ocean (Daily Green, July 28)
A Modest Proposal: Eco-Friendly Stimulus (N.Y. Times, July 27) Free site registration required
What's Behind A Patchwork Of Recycling Rules? (NPR, July 25)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Rare new Tanzania monkey "at risk of extinction" (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 29)
Pacific Region May Show the Future of Coral Reefs in More Acidic Oceans (N.Y. Times, July 29) Free site registration required
Managing Mangroves (Christian Science Monitor, July 28)
Valuable Seagrasses Face Global Warming Threat (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 28)
Boost for China panda population (BBC News, July 27)
Coral-killing starfish curbed by fishing ban (New Scientist, July 25)
Plan To Stop Right Whales From Striking Ships Stuck (NPR, July 25)
Rising demands threaten wetlands (BBC News, July 25)
Unexpected fall in puffin numbers (BBC News, July 25)
Mexican mangroves 'vital for fishing industry' (ENN, July 25)
New Report Finds Sharks Critical to Maintaining Healthy Oceans (ENN/Oceana, July 25)
Coral grief (Guardian, July 25)
Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic (ENN/AFP, July 24)
Malaysian dam project threatens world heritage park: activists (TerraDaily/AFP, July 23)
Penguins wash ashore in Brazil, prompting concerns about their habitat (Guardian, July 23)
Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions (ScienceDaily, July 23)
Technology
New material could help stretch a gallon of gas (ENN/Reuters, July 26)
Scientists Pursue CO2 Storage In The Ocean Floor (NPR, July 25)
Electric automaker, batterymaker score Google funding (Christian Science Monitor, July 24)
Pollution
Beach Closings Reported Down (N.Y. Times, July 30) Free site registration required
Japanese plan world's largest clean-up (Yahoo News/AFP, July 30)
Beijing Looks to More Drastic Pollution Cuts (Planet Ark/Reuters, July 29)
Mississippi River Reopened after Oil Spill (N.Y. Times, July 25) Free site registration required
Reading the River and Its Contents, With an Eye on Its Health (N.Y. Times, July 24) Free site registration required
Feds charge shipping company in SF Bay oil spill (Yahoo News/AP, July 23)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Americans Willing to Pay More for Eco-Friendly Products (CSRwire, July 29)
Canadians cynical about "green" marketing: survey (Yahoo News/Reuters, July 28)
Drivers 'unaware of emission levels' (Independent, July 23)
Green Building
The Costs of Not Building Green (ENN/Low Impact Living, July 30)
How Smart Homes Could Power the Future (Yahoo News/LiveScience, July 23)
U.S. & Government
Vermont's Unique Approach To Curbing Energy Use (NPR, July 30)
Senators Call For Perjury Inquiry For EPA Chief (NPR, July 30)
Climate Change In The USA To Cost Billions (TerraDaily/SPX, July 29)
Houston Resists Recycling, and Independent Streak Is Cited (N.Y. Times, July 29) Free site registration required
Judge: EPA turned 'blind eye' to Everglades (Yahoo News/AP, July 29)
Why US parks put land purchases on hold (Christian Science Monitor, July 29)
EPA Managers Warned Not to Answer Inquiries (Washington Post, July 29) Free site registration required
Congress deadlocked over offshore drilling (Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor, July 28)
US Army seeking to cut its CO2 emissions (Christian Science Monitor, July 28)
Senate Energy Debate at Impasse (N.Y. Times, July 26) Free site registration required
Democrats: White House must publish 'chilling' climate change document (N.Y. Times, July 25) Free site registration required
California Orders Low-Sulfur Fuel for Ships (N.Y. Times, July 25) Free site registration required
Los Angeles to ban plastic bags by 2010 (Guardian, July 24)
Western states propose cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases (Christian Science Monitor, July 24)
Judge: EPA must regulate ship water discharge (Yahoo News/AP, July 23)
International
Spain to cut speed limit in bid to reduce oil imports (Guardian, July 30)
Japan adopts action plan against global warming (Yahoo News/AFP, July 29)
After Bike-Sharing Success, Paris Considers Electric Cars (N.Y. Times, July 29) Free site registration required
33% of China's carbon footprint blamed on exports (New Scientist, July 28)
Ice Free [Global warming and Greenland] (N.Y. Times, July 27) Free site registration required
WWF blasts EU's illegal wood imports, led by Finland (ENN/AFP, July 22)
Climate Change
Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk (BBC News, July 30)
Bangladesh landmass 'is growing' [Country may not be as vulnerable to rising sea levels as previously feared] (BBC News, July 30)
Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash. (N.Y. Times, July 29) Free site registration required
Peru mountain glaciers 'receding rapidly' (ENN/Science & Development Network, July 29)
Ancient Ocean Cooling Sparked a Biodiversity Boom (National Geographic News, July 28)
New Report Assesses Climate Change Vulnerability (ClimateBiz, July 28)
Wildfires May Briefly Slow Arctic Warming, Study Says (National Geographic News, July 25)
Costs Of Climate Change, State-by-state: Billions, Says New Report (ScienceDaily, July 25)
China: Melting glacier leaves world's worst polluter with no room for doubt (Guardian, July 25)
Limes May Help Cut CO2 Levels Back To Pre-Industrial Levels (TerraDaily/SPX, July 24)
Energy
Can We Run The World Off The Sun? (NPR, July 29)
Scraping the bottom of the oil barrel a significant new climate risk [Shale and tar sands reserves] (ENN/WWF, July 29)
NASA maps could boost offshore renewables (Edie, July 28)
In Gas-Powered World, Ethanol Stirs Complaints (N.Y. Times, July 26) Free site registration required
Oil spills onto ice, climate among Arctic risks (ENN/Reuters, July 25)
Arctic 'has 90bn barrels of oil' (BBC News, July 24)
Clean Tech Intro: The Solar Family (ENN, July 24)
French environmentalists alarmed after fresh nuclear incident (Yahoo News/AFP, July 24)
Gassing Up With Garbage (N.Y. Times, July 24) Free site registration required
Where would America's renewable energy come from? (Christian Science Monitor, July 23)
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