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Media
Eco-Emeril on Planet Green, With Mayo and Inconsistency (N.Y. Times, Aug. 4) Free site registration required
 Sundancechannel.Com Launches Original Web-Series "Eco-Heroes" (CSRwire, Aug. 4)
Music biz environmentalism: Greening or preening? (Washington Times, Aug. 1)
Is this terminal? Emirates is ditching its magazine to save the environment (Guardian, July 28)
Green Living & Social Trends
An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household PCs (N.Y. Times, Aug. 6) Free site registration required
Cheapest, Fastest Oil Fix? Pump Up Your Tires! (ENN/Big Green Purse, Aug. 6)
Enterprise Offers "Green" Driving Tips to Help Motorists Reduce Fuel Use, Improve Efficiency (CSRwire, Aug. 6)
Will Americans Accept Greener Hotel Rooms? (N.Y. Times, Aug. 3) Free site registration required
Business & Economy
Building CSR into the Supply Chain (GreenBiz, Aug. 5)
Green Fast Food: Really Here or a Green Dream? (GreenBiz, Aug. 4)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Learning to Speak Climate (N.Y. Times, Aug. 5) Free site registration required
Convincing the climate-change skeptics (Boston Globe, Aug. 4)
The climate change smokescreen (Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 2)
Does immigration hurt the environment? (Guardian, Aug. 1)
Green energy means jobs, here at home (Star Tribune, July 29)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Scientists Use Naval Exercises to Learn More About How Marine Mammals React to Sonar (ENN/NOAA, Aug. 6)
Extinction Threatens Half of Primate Types, Study Says (National Geographic News, Aug. 5)
Racy Greenpeace video aims to preserve forests (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 5)
Along Gulf Coast, Talk of Restoring Wetlands (NPR, Aug. 5)
Dead Penguins Found Closer to Equator Than Ever Before (National Geographic News, Aug. 5)
Gorilla "Paradise" Found; May Double World Numbers (National Geographic News, Aug. 5)
Climate Change And Species Distributions (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 5)
Untouched forests store 3 times more carbon: study (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 4)
Newfound Monkey Species "Rarest in Africa," Expert Says (National Geographic News, Aug. 4)
"New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming (National Geographic News, Aug. 4)
Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans' Decline (N.Y. Times, Aug. 3) Free site registration required
Vietnam illegal wildlife trade eats away at biodiversity: reports (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 3)
Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels (ENN/U. of Washington, Aug. 1)
Acidification Of The Sea Hampers Reproduction Of Marine Species (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 1)
Aral sea rescue plan a 'partial success' (Guardian, Aug. 1)
VIDEO: Belugas Troubled by Tourism? (National Geographic News, July 31)
A Dance of Environment and Economics in the Everglades (N.Y. Times, July 31) Free site registration required
A 'Dead Zone' in The Gulf of Mexico (Washington Post, July 31) Free site registration required
Birds fly north in climate change vanguard: study (ENN/Reuters, July 30)
Technology
A quick fix for global warming (BBC News, July 31)
Pollution
E-waste poisoning environment in Ghana: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/AFP, Aug. 6)
Beijing's Pollution a Contentious Foe for Olympic Athletes (PBS, Aug. 4)
Mussels Aid In Analysis Of Port Pollution (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 4)
Even with "blue skies", is Beijing's air safe? (ENN/Reuters, July 31)
Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution (Yahoo News/AP, July 31)
US inquiry claims 'safe' insecticides cause health problems (Guardian, July 31)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Green Allure for College Grads (GreenBiz, Aug. 6)
Gen Y's Favorite Green Brands (GreenBiz, Aug. 4)
Attenborough alarmed as children are left flummoxed by test on the natural world (Independent, Aug. 1)
Green Building
Senior-living residences go green for the golden years (Dallas Morning News, Aug. 5)
Newsom signs strict green building codes into law (San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 5)
Put away your prejudices - ecohomes are not ugly (Guardian, Aug. 5)
New houses are universally horrible, and eco-houses are the most horrible of the lot (Guardian, July 28)
U.S. & Government
Hill Debate: To Drill Or Not To Drill? (NPR, Aug. 4)
Alaska sues over listing polar bear as threatened (Yahoo News/AF, Aug. 4)
San Francisco could require employers to help workers commute (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 1)
How Is Congress Addressing The Energy Crisis? (NPR, Aug. 1)
GOP lawmakers block renewable-energy-credit bill (Christian Science Monitor, July 31)
5 States and New York City Threaten to Sue E.P.A. (N.Y. Times/AP, July 30) Free site registration required
International
Climate war games [Role-play negotiations test the outcomes of global warming] (Nature News, Aug. 5)
Report: China is world's leading renewable-energy producer (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 3)
SAfrica's ambitious climate change strategy may include carbon tax (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 3)
Brazil launches rainforest fund (BBC News, Aug. 1)
Could China lead the green revolution? (New Scientist, Aug. 1)
World Bank Struggles to Prioritize Sustainability (ENN/Worldwatch, July 31)
Japan's 'Green' Efforts Generate Skepticism (NPR, July 30)
UN goes green, orders drastic cut of air-conditioning use (TerraDaily/AFP, July 30)
China after the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing (Greenpeace, July 28)
Climate Change
Tibetan plateau melts in the face of climate change (ENN/Science & Development Network, Aug. 5)
What's black and dirty and messing with the climate? [Soot] (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 5)
For second year in a row, melt may open Northwest Passage (ENN/Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 4)
Climate chill came exactly 12,679 years ago: study (ENN/Reuters, Aug. 2)
Melting ice threatens Arctic park (BBC News, Aug. 1)
The climate change clock is ticking (Guardian, Aug. 1)
'100 months' to stop overheating (Guardian, Aug. 1)
Arctic ice bigger than 2007, but thawing long-term (ENN/Reuters, July 30)
Energy
Candidates Focus on Energy, Spar Over Oil Resources (PBS, Aug. 4)
Oil: Tar sands less damaging than coal, insists Shell (Guardian, Aug. 1)
Report warns of Canadian oil sands climate risks (EurActiv, Aug. 1)
MIT researchers attain solar 'nirvana' (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 1)
2 Reports Raise Hopes on Energy (N.Y. Times, Aug. 1) Free site registration required
Cheap way to 'split water' could lead to abundant clean fuel (Guardian, July 31)
Solar-cell material can soak up more Sun (New Scientist, July 31)
Tycoon Pickens Backs Town Halls To Spur Wind (NPR, July 31)
'Oil from algae' promises climate friendly fuel (Guardian, July 31)
Report finds US is world's top wind producer (Guardian, July 30)
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