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Friday, May 30, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/30/2008

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  • Environmental Damage Costs $4.8 Trillion Annually Mongabay.com, 5/30
  • Protected Forests in Brazil Could Cut Billions of Tons of CO2 Philippines Inquirer, 5/30
  • UN Set for IPCC-Type Panel on Biodiversity AFP, 5/30
  • Smart Buildings Bring Opportunities to Reduce Energy Demand Into Picture Triple Pundit, 5/30
  • New Carbon Management Tool to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiencies LOHAS Weekly, 5/30
  • The Big Chill on Carbon Offsets CS Monitor, 5/30
  • Methane Release Due to Warming Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change ENN, 5/30
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/29/2008

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  • Human Well-Being Better in a Protected Environment ENN, 5/29
  • New Technologies Provided By Nature Earth Times, 5/29
  • Algae Could Help Tackle Climate Change Sydney Morning Herald, 5/29
  • A Year in the Woods Eating Wild Food Treehugger, 5/29
  • Shades of Green: Decoding Eco-Fashion's Claims Wall Street Journal, 5/29
  • Why Well-Informed Republicans Are Not Concerned About Climate Change Grist, 5/29
  • New Climate Report Foresees Big (and Notso Good) Changes in Water Supplies and Agriculture NY Times, 5/29
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/28/2008

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  • Study Cites High Cost of Global Warming, Says Solutions Would Be Cheaper ENN, 5/28
  • Washington State Praised for Sustainable Logging Seattle Times, 5/28
  • Growing the Zero-Mile Diet Toronto Globe and Mail, 5/28
  • Pioneers Show Americans How to Live 'Off Grid' ENN, 5/28
  • Ocean Acidity Levels on West Coast Rising Faster Than Expected The Oregonian, 5/28
  • Corn Ethanol Hurting Growth of Organic Food ENN, 5/28
  • The Water Footprint Keep Green Growing, 5/28
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/27/2008

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  • Consumers Want Brands to Help Solve Climate Crisis Environmental Leader, 5/27
  • What Would It Cost To Save Nature? Spiegel Online, 5/27
  • Fixing Traffic Light Timing to Reduce Traffic and Emissions, Save Drivers Gas $$ Treehugger, 5/27
  • Why Recycling Is Worth It ENN, 5/27
  • Green Grilling Living On Earth, 5/27
  • Conservation, Farmers Scorched By Food Safey Concerns High Country News, 5/27
  • Gas at $12-15? More Like $6-7, But We Need to Get On With the Energy Revolution Grist, 5/27
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Friday, May 23, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/23/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Cap and Caulk: How Smart Climate Policy Can Cut Our Energy Costs WorldChanging, 5/23
  • California Air Quality Agency Approves First-In-Nation Carbon Tax on Emissions SF Chronicle, 5/23
  • U.S. House of Representatives Passes Massive Tax Break Extensions for Renewable Energy Grist, 5/23
  • NW Businesses Look for Ways to Save Fuel KUOW, 5/23
  • Building the Way to Water Efficiency Greener Buildings, 5/23
  • Economic Toll Mounts From High Oil Prices NY Times, 5/23
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/22/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • What is the Value of Biodiversity to Our Collective Future? Science Daily, 5/22
  • Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Primer Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/22
  • 20 Sustainability Innovations For Competitive Advantage Sustainable Business, 5/22
  • Weekly Clean Energy Roundup Sustainable Business, 5/22
  • Next Generation of Leed Out for Public Comment ENN, 5/22
  • Green Is the New Patriotism Seattle Times, 5/22
  • Stranded in Suburbia Built When Gas Was Below $1.50 NY Times, 5/22
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/21/2008

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  • In BC, Energy Hogs Will Pay More Carbon Taxes Vancouver Sun, 5/21
  • Why Hybrids Beat Diesels Grist, 5/21
  • Climate, As Such, Is Unlikely to Ever Be a Determinant of Many Votes Grist, 5/21
  • Unless You Are Clean Tech, VC's Likely Not Investing ENN, 5/21
  • Farmers Learning to Attract Native Pollinators Coos Bay World, 5/21
  • Climate Revolutionary High Country News, 5/21
  • Climate Change Having Worldwide, Widespread Effects SciDev.net, 5/21
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/20/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Energy Efficiency: An Overlooked, Misunderstood and Most Cost-Effective Solution ENN, 5/20
  • Biofuels Comparison Chart: The 'Good', the Bad, and the (Really) Ugly Treehugger, 5/20
  • Restaurants Serve New Sustainability Initiatives GreenBiz, 5/20
  • Climate Change and Forestry - a REDD Primer Ecosystem Marketplace, 5/20
  • Who Loves High Energy Prices? The Environment The Oregonian, 5/20
  • Tropical Deforestation is 'One of the Worst Crises Since We Came Out of Our Caves' Mongabay.com, 5/20
  • Nitrogen From Artificial Fertilizers May Be Key Driver of Climate Change Grist, 5/20
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Monday, May 19, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/19/2008

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  • Efficient, Cleaner Diesels Coming Home to America NY Times, 5/19
  • Welcome to Smart Grid City, Colorado High Country News, 5/19
  • Getting Smart Growth Going In Your Town Grist, 5/19
  • Threatened Bear May Hold Health Secrets Living On Earth, 5/19
  • Beating The Energy Efficiency Paradox Treehugger, 5/19
  • Program Aims to Get Kids Recycling Living On Earth, 5/19
  • World's Wildlife Populations Down 25% in 3 Decades The Guardian, 5/19
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/16/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Are We Moving Into Another Era Of 'Abrupt' Climate Change? Treehugger, 5/16
  • Exxon, The Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil Two Steps Forward, 5/16
  • Why It Took Us So Long to Internalize the Rise in Gas Prices Grist, 5/16
  • DOE Report: Wind Could Power 20% of U.S. Grid By 2030 Wired, 5/16
  • Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by 2010 NY Times, 5/16
  • Food Supply At Risk From Species Loss Reuters, 5/16
  • NASA Study Shows Climate Change Impacting Wide Range of Ecosystems Nature, 5/16
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/15/2008

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  • U.S. Climate Policy Could Help Save Rainforests Mongabay.com, 5/15
  • Water Trading in China - A Step Toward Sustainability ENN, 5/15
  • Too Often, Only the Cover Is Green Inter Press Service, 5/15
  • Huge Solar Power Plant to Help Cool Spain - Provides Max Power When It's Hottest and Needed Most Treehugger, 5/15
  • Save Trees, Cut Your Carbon Footprint By Making That Coffee Cup Coffee Cup, Not Paper Treehugger, 5/15
  • Young People Have the Tools for Environmental Change at Their Fingertips The Guardian, 5/15
  • U.S. Fueling Asian Rainforest Destruction National Geographic, 5/15
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/14/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Change We Can Stomach NY Times, 5/14
  • The Uncertain Future of Carbon Trading The Economist, 5/14
  • A Grist Special Series on Unexpected Urban Progress Grist, 5/14
  • Biofuels 2.0: It's Time for Congress to Act ENN, 5/14
  • How to Green Your Yard Grist, 5/14
  • Salmon Crisis Threatens Ecology and Culture Vancouver Sun, 5/14
  • Particulate Pollution Linked to Blood Clots in Legs BBC, 5/14
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/13/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: It's the Meat, Not the Miles Science News, 5/13
  • Can Your Green Company Get Big and Stay Real? GreenBiz, 5/13
  • Record Gas Prices Driving a Mass Transit Revolution Treehugger, 5/13
  • Free Green: Bringing Green House Design to the Masses Inhabitat, 5/13
  • Beyond Recycling: The Benefits of Responsible Paper Purchasing GreenBiz, 5/13
  • Global CO2 Levels at Record High, Signaling Danger of Runaway Warming The Guardian, 5/13
  • Mangrove Destruction Removed Myanmar's Natural Defenses Against Cyclones Living on Earth, 5/13
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/12/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Real Estate Drop Has a Green Lining Wall Street Journal, 5/12
  • The Surprising Climate Benefits of Organic Farming Grist, 5/12
  • Europe Grapples Over Biofuels Time, 5/12
  • How to Recycle Clothes ENN, 5/12
  • Conflicts With the Toxicity of Cotton Farming ENN, 5/12
  • Germany Warns of Economic Risks From Species Loss Reuters, 5/12
  • How Rising Oil Prices Are Obliterating America's Superpower Status Grist, 5/12
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Friday, May 09, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/9/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Obama's Energy Adviser Talks Climate, Coal and Green Jobs Grist, 5/9
  • Connecticut Approves Bill to Reduce Carbon Emissions by Over 80% by 2050 Hartford Courant, 5/9
  • Weekly Clean Energy Roundup Sustainable Business, 5/9
  • Green Your Facility, Boost Your Bottom Line Greener Buildings, 5/9
  • Green Banana Farming Gains Industry Appeal - Benefits Environment, Farmworkers Alike National Geographic, 5/9
  • Eco-Friendly Mother's Day Gifts Grist, 5/9
  • Deforestation Worsened Deadly Impact of Cyclone in Burma BBC, 5/9
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/8/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • Pollution May Influence Baldness, Study Says Telegraph, 5/8
  • Approaching Efficiency As An Investment GreenBiz, 5/8
  • Tornado-Struck Kansas Town Rebuilds Green CS Monitor, 5/8
  • Private Equity Goes Green Fortune, 5/8
  • When a Dam is Demolished, The Old Ways Return (As Well As New Economic Promise) High Country News, 5/8
  • Solar Hot Water on the Cheap ENN, 5/8
  • Excessive Influence of Industry on Government Threatens the Health and Safety of Americans Living On Earth, 5/8
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Sustainability News Headlines - 5/7/2008

News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today
  • How Sustainable Is the Public's Current Enthusiasm For Sustainability? The Progressive Grocer, 5/7
  • 30 Electric Car Companies Ready to Take Over the Road Venture Beat, 5/7
  • EO Wilson - Climate Change is Not an Environmental Crisis, It's a Crisis of Our Ability of Innovate Treehugger, 5/7
  • A Gas Tax Holiday: Dumb As We Want to Be NY Times, 5/7
  • How Green Are Green Businesses? Bismarck Tribune, 5/7
  • Use Tax Rebates to Go Green, Americans Told Edie, 5/7
  • Dawn of An Energy Famine The Guardian, 5/7
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