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Media
Going Green with Community Radio [Africa.] (EcoWorldly, Sept. 3)
ExxonMobil to contest ban on ad for liquefied natural gas (Guardian UK, Sept. 3)
2008 Ethicmark(R)Award Winner to be annouced at Green Media Show Conference (SustainCommWorld, Aug. 28)
Green Living & Social Trends
 Cotton on to Fairtrade jeans (Guardian UK, Sept. 3)
Schooling Ourselves on Sustainability [Need for educational reform.] (GreenBiz, Sept. 1)
Vacation Plans That Avoid the Pump (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Free site registration required
PGA, U.S. Open Aim for Eco-Friendly (GreenBiz, Aug. 29)
A Watt is a Terrible Thing to Waste (GreenBiz, Aug. 27)
Carbon Footprint: Saving at Home (N.Y. Times, Aug. 27) Free site registration required
Business & Economy
Green Investing Gold Rush (NuWire Investor, Sept. 2)
Wind, solar energy built on temporary tax breaks (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 30)
'Green' Pay-as-You-Drive Car Insurance Proposed in California (GreenBiz, Aug. 29)
Shipping companies eye NW Passage (TerraDaily/UPI, Aug. 28)
Commentary
7 Years to Climate Midnight (Washington Post, Aug. 28) Free site registration required
Sense and Reality on Energy (N.Y. Times, Aug. 29) Free site registration required
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Coming: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Scoop, Sept. 2)
Experts poised for rare frog hunt [Costa Rica.] (BBC News, Sept. 1)
Ghana's grass-roots bid to save country's last forests (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 31)
Amazon deforestation on the rise (Yahoo!/AP, Aug. 30)
Pioneering conservancies struggle to save Kenya's wildlife jewel [Maasai Mara.] (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 27)
Technology
Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert (Guardian UK, Sept. 3)
Massive floating generators, or 'eco-rigs', to provide power and food to Japan (Times UK, Sept. 1)
Ghost ship fleet could be a silver lining in clouds of climate change [rotary-sail technology.] (Times UK, Sept. 1)
Mapping safer drinking water (Earth, Sept. 2008)
'Unbreakable' greenhouse gas meets its doom at last [Fluorocarbons.] (New Scientist, Aug. 29)
Will lasers brighten nuclear’s future? (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 27)
Pollution
Beijing air measures 'must stay' (BBC News, Sept. 2)
New York's dirty secret: The effort to clean up America's largest oil spill (Earth, Sept. 2008)
Helping the Stars Take Back the Night [Light pollution.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 31) Free site registration required
Belgians warned over iodine leak [Serious leak from a nuclear research institute..] (BBC News, Aug. 29)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Government Views Green Issues as Highly Important, More Education Needed (GreenBiz, Aug. 28)
Deep green: The environment news quiz (Guardian UK, Aug. 27)
High Fuel Costs Leading to More Efficient Supply Chains [Survey of nearly 900 shipping, carriers and third-party providers.] (GreenBiz, Aug. 27)
Green Building
Powering Up [Vacation homes off the grid.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 28) Free site registration required
TAU Eco-Architecture Could Produce Grow Your Own Homes (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 28)
Green Roofs Offer More Than Color for the Skyline (N.Y. Times, Aug. 28)
U.S. & Government
Oil Group Joins Alaska in Suing To Overturn Polar Bear Protection (Washington Post, Aug. 31)
Palin questioned whether global warming is melting Arctic sea ice (Yahoo!/McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 29)
ESA Criticizes Bush Administration's Overhaul Of The Endangered Species Act (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 29)
Xcel Makes CO2 Disclosure Agreement [Large U.S. utility provider.] (GreenBiz, Aug. 28)
International
4,000+ Japan Whale Harvest Not Justified, Experts Say (Nat'l. Geographic News, Sept. 2)
Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites (TerraDaily/AFP, Sept. 2)
Tajikistan Hopes Water Will Power Its Ambitions (N.Y. Times, Sept. 1) Free site registration required
U.N. chief warns against waiting for climate deal (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 30)
Mayor reveals climate change plan [London.] (BBC News, Aug. 29)
Canada asks Inuit, others for input on safeguarding polar bears (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 28)
A Hard Habit to Break, Even With Gas at $10 a Gallon (N.Y. Times, Aug. 28) Free site registration required
Chinese logging company to invest 8.3 million euros in Congo (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 27)
Climate Change
Major ice-shelf loss for Canada (BBC News, Sept. 3)
Earth Hotter Now Than in Past 2,000 Years (Nat'l. Geographic News, Sept. 2)
Extreme and risky action the only way to tackle global warming, say scientists (Guardian, Sept. 1)
Glaciers Need Closer Watch in Poor Countries (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 2)
Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogen’s Effects (N.Y. Times, Sept. 2) Free site registration required
Climate 'hockey stick' is revived (BBC News, Sept. 1)
Climate Fight Hit by Global Slowdown, Russia Fears (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 1)
For the first time in human history, the North Pole can be circumnavigated [Climate change.] ((Independent UK, Aug. 31)
Johnson warns of climate threat to London (Independent UK, Aug. 30)
Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 30)
Energy
U.S., Australia and Iceland Team to Tap Geothermal Energy (GreenBiz, Sept. 2)
Surge in Natural Gas Has Utah Driving Cheaply (N.Y. Times, Aug. 29) Free site registration required
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