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When saving is a sin, and spending is
a virtue
Letter from A. Dharma Perumal Straits Times Forum 1 Nov 07
Asia experiencing exponential rise in
environmental problems: UNESCAP Channel NewsAsia 26 Oct 07
China: Green GDP unlikely to be revived
soon
By Tracy Quek Straits Times 19 Oct 07
UN food agency urges fight against hunger
on World Food Day
Channel NewsAsia 16 Oct 07
Genetically Engineered Plants Could Clean
Humanity's Messes Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience Yahoo News
15 Oct 07
Green chemistry joins college curriculum
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press Writer Yahoo News 9 Oct 07
US scientist heralds 'artificial life'
breakthrough
Yahoo News 6 Oct 07
World moves into the ecological red
By Jeremy Lovell Yahoo News 6 Oct 07
Kick the Habit - World Environment Day
2008
UNEP 1 Oct 07
Putting Asean at the heart of sustainable
finance
Paul Clements-Hunt Bangkok Post 29 Sep 07
Chinese experts warn of Three Gorges
Dam 'catastrophe'
Yahoo News 26 Sep 07
Time for the IT crowd to go green
by Steve Nunn BBC 24 Sep 07
Firms sign up for carbon rating
BBC 19 Sep 07
Time to tune in to the real world
Joanna Benn BBC 28 Aug 07
Norway Puts "First Ecological Prison"
on Show
Story by Aasa Christine Stoltz PlanetArk 28 Aug 07
Eco-Millionaires See Boom Times Ahead
Story by Chris Wills PlanetArk 20 Aug 07
Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven'
By Mark Kinver BBC 14 Aug 07
Hong Kong's green revolution
Eco-tourism and environmentalism have taken the urban metropolis by storm
By Vince Chong Straits Times 12 Aug 07
International grandmothers' environmental
movement
By Carson Walker, Associated Press Yahoo News 29 Jul 07
Study: Rural students better in science
By Nancy Zuckerbrod Yahoo News 25 Jul 07
Beijing 'stopped release of green report'
Straits Times 24 Jul 07
Algae bloom Price gloom: Chinese hairy
crabs
Straits Times 22 Jul 07
Sex sells, but at what cost?
Matt Prescott BBC 16 Jul 07
Indonesian government warns of high waves,
eruptions in coming weeks M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post 13 Jul
07
CEOs Say Consumers Only Go So Far to
'Go Green'
Story by Nichola Groom PlanetArk 22 Jun 07
"Green" Helpline to Cut Consumers' Carbon
Footprint
Story by Jennifer Hill PlanetArk 20 Jun 07
Wuxi counts costs of algae crisis
By Chua Chin Hon Straits Times 11 Jun 07
Tree Planting, Worm Farming on World
Environment Day PlanetArk 6 Jun 07
Melting ice in focus on World Environment
Day
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Yahoo News 4 Jun 07
New diet shrinks calories, carbon footprint
by Helene Labriet-Gross Yahoo News 1 Jun 07
Banking on green gesture?
By Clare Davidson BBC 30 May 07
The Surprising Realities of Mythical
Creatures
Ker Than LiveScience.com Yahoo News 24 May 07
New Orleans' Rebuilt Levees "Riddled
With Flaws"
Joel K. Bourne National Geographic 6 May 07
Science holds key to greener future
Sir David King BBC 26 Apr 07
Towards a greener New York
Thomas J Lueck Business Times 24 Apr 07
Astronauts recall view before Earth Day
By Seth Borenstein Yahoo News 22 Apr 07
UN Lauds Al Gore, Environment Leaders
at Green Awards PlanetArk 19 Apr 07
Oil Production Could Peak Next Year
Melinda Wenner LiveScience Yahoo News 17 Apr 07
Depressed? Go Play in the Dirt
Ker Than LiveScience Yahoo News 13 Apr 07
End of oil heralds climate pain
David Strahan BBC 29 Mar 07
Insurers Weigh The Ways to Go 'Green'
Story by Lilla Zuill PlanetArk 26 Mar 07
WWF says pollution, dams threaten rivers
By Eliane Engeler, Associated Press Yahoo News 20 Mar 07
Did we fix it?
By Finlo Rohrer BBC 14 Mar 07
As Biofuels Boom, Will More Go Hungry?
Story by Ruth Gidley PlanetArk 8 Mar 07
Following the Crowd to Save the Planet
Jeanna BrynerYahoo News 6 Mar 07
Indonesia on the edge of an ecological
disaster, says Walhi Agustina Wayansari Jakarta Post 5 Mar 07
Dutch pioneer floating eco-homes
By Alix Kroeger BBC 2 Mar 07
Farmer power the key to green advance
Michel Pimbert BBC 23 Feb 07
Why Women Have Fewer Babies Corey
Binns Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Yahoo News 17 Feb 07
A class apart on the seven seas For
the 48 students in the Class Afloat programme, the world is literally their
classroom Lee U-Wen Today Online 2 Feb 07
Indonesian mud volcano caused by drilling,
say scientists
Yahoo News 24 Jan 07
Bush feels the heat on environment issues
Growing opposition from Congress and public set to shrink support base further
By Derwin Pereira, US Bureau Chief Straits Times 20 Jan 07
Scientists prepare to move Doomsday Clock
forward
Yahoo News 12 Jan 07
The nature conservacy extending its program
coverage to Indonesia Antara 2 Jan 07
Say adieu to the Black Cat theory
By Tiger Tong Business Times Singapore 27 Dec 06
Chinese weather forecasts are top secret
Yahoo News 25 Dec 06
UN calls on Asia to take more eco-friendly
measures
Yahoo News 23 Dec 06
Survey Shows Britain Caught the Green
Bug in 2006
PlanetArk 22 Dec 06
Year End message from IUCN
IUCN 22 Dec 06
New Website Explores Technologies and
Wildlife Conservation UNEP 19 Dec 06
Center for Biological Diversity Offers
Free Endangered Wildlife Ringtones By Center for Biological Diversity
ENN 19 Dec 06
Eco-tourism: A sustainable trade?
VIEWPOINT James Mair BBC 14 Dec 06
Taking a walk on the wild side
By Hannah Goff Education reporter, BBC 10 Dec 06
Best of the Green Room BBC 7 Dec
06
Michael Gunter: Wealth seeking among the green concerns
Jeremy Hattingh: Nature's not for taming
Maria Ashot: Climate solutions can be child's play
Steven Walker: After the 'stuff' is gone
Exposing Atrocities, Blogs Give Wildlife
Warriors Instant SOS James Owen National Geographic 5 Dec 06
Birds of a feather: about birders and
twitchers
By Sean Coughlan BBC 17 Nov 06
Manila wants tougher enforcement of environmental
laws
By Manny Mogato Reuters 10 Nov 06
Kenyan Nobel laureate launches 'Billion
Tree Campaign' at UN climate meet by Otto Bakano Yahoo News 8 Nov
06
Nature 'can help people keep fit'
BBC 7 Nov 06
Anti-Fast Food Fair Spreads Epicurean
Revolt
Story by Mathias Wildt PlanetArk 7 Nov 06
Good Governance Key To Environmental
Well-being
By Melati Mohd Ariff Bernama 1 Nov 06
Mistaken theory harms conservation efforts:
study
By Jeremy Lovell Yahoo News 1 Nov 06
Humans living far beyond planet's means:
WWF
By Ben Blanchard Yahoo News 24 Oct 06
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Micro-Loan
Pioneers
Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 13 Oct 06
U.S. population set to hit 300 million
By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press
Yahoo News 15 Oct 06
Planet enters 'ecological debt'
BBC 9 Oct 06
Ig Nobels honors odd scientific research
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press Writer Yahoo News 5 Oct 06
The Truth Behind the Spinach Scare: Cheap
Beef
Christopher Wanjek LiveScience.com 27 Sep 06
Ivorian Scandal Reveals World's Hidden
Toxic Trade
Story by Oliver Bullough PlanetArk 28 Sep 06
Understand and respect those around us
- man or animal
Letter from Shalini Pehrinparaj Straits Times Forum 26 Sep 06
Denying links with animals allows us
to treat them like mere objects Lettter from George Jacobs PhD President,
Vegetarian Society (Singapore) Straits Times Forum 26 Sep 06
Floating rubbish piling up in Three Gorges
Dam
Yahoo News 21 Sep 06
The World Bank at a Crossroads
The Stratfor 21 Sep 06
Public is Key to Solving China Pollution
Woes - Expert PlanetArk 20 Sep 06
Civil society organisations discuss environment,
poverty and education By Neena Mairata Channel NewsAsia 17 Sep 06
Critics Call World Bank Energy Scheme
Misguided
Story by David Fogarty PlanetArk 18 Sep 06
Russia Cancels Shell's Sakhalin Ecological
Approval
PlanetArk 19 Sep 06
Eco-Paradises in Crossfire of Water Scarcity
Fight
Story by Laura MacInnis PlanetArk 18 Sep 06
Millions to Clean Up Cities, Beaches
in Protest
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 18 Sep 06
El Nino Weather Phenomenon Returns
PlanetArk 18 Sep 06
Environmental Commitment by World Bank
Bears Watching, Says WRI Policy Note By World Resources Institute ENN
14 Sep 06
Environmentally-friendly fire: BAE promoting
'green' munitions Yahoo News 17 Sep 06
World Health Org. clears DDT spraying
for malaria
By Deborah Zabarenko Yahoo News 15 Sep 06
Crocodile Meat, Bush Foods Find Popularity
in Aussie Stores Stephanie Peatling National Geographic 14 Sep 06
Google maps spotlight Earth's changes,
wonders
Yahoo News 13 Sep 06
The Ecology of Cities
By Earth Policy Institute ENN 12 Sep 06
Irwin fans seek revenge, killing up to
10 stingrays
Today Online 13 Sep 06
The global path of pollution
By Richard Black BBC 7 Sep 06
Think of the animals Honour Steve
Irwin the conservationist but not the provocative methods Letter from Joan
D'Arcy Today Online 9 Sep 06
'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin killed
BBC 4 Sep 06
Innovators seek greener PC future
By Chris Long BBC 1 Sep 06
McDonald's succumbs to hedgehogs' needs
Yahoo News 1 Sep 06
Author sees science, religion saving
environment
By Daniel Trotta Yahoo News 1 Sep 06
In Large-Scale Study, NC State Scientists
Show Landscape Corridors Promote Plant Diversity By Preventing Species Loss
Science EurekAlert 31 Aug 06
New parks to protect animals seen as
feasible
BioScience EurekAlert 1 Sep 06
China to relocate 240,000 people to protect
environment
Channel NewsAsia 31 Aug 06
Pledges of $3.1 Billion for Environment
Project 'Too Little'
By Clare Nullis, Associated Press ENN 31 Aug 06
Rebuild New Orleans Wetlands, Architect
Suggests
Story by Peter Henderson PlanetArk 31 Aug 06
'Natural' disasters are often man-made
IUCN 30 Aug 06
Green Wave Surges Onto Pop Culture's
Shores
Story by Jeffrey Goldfarb PlanetArk 30 Aug 06
Water abuse is costing the Earth
Viewpoint by Ahmed Djoghlaf BBC 24 Aug 06
Illegal Trade in "Get Rich" Algae Expands
Deserts
Story by Emma Graham-Harrison PlanetArk 24 Aug 06
It Is Easier to Be Green, but Does It
Matter?
By J.M. Hirsh, Associated Press ENN 22 Aug 06
Food, biofuels could worsen water shortages:
report
By Alister Doyle PlanetArk 21 Aug 06
Rich and poor countries alike face water
crisis
Yahoo News 16 Aug 06
China draws line in sand to end pollution
for good
By Chris Buckley Yahoo News 16 Aug 06
Taiwanese parents opting for less stressful
"forest" schools for children By Ken Teh Channel NewsAsia 15 Aug
06
Asian poverty 'threatening environment':
World Bank, IUCN Yahoo News 9 Aug 06
Ecological effects of Gulf Coast hurricanes
Ecological Society of America EurekAlert 7 Aug 06
Welcoming Homer the tree-hugger
Viewpoint by George Meyer BBC 3 Aug 06
Japanese firms produce more eco-friendly
products
Michiyo Ishida Channel NewsAsia 31 Jul 06
Food giants to boycott illegal Amazon
soya
Felicity Lawrence and John Vidal The Guardian 24 Jul 06
Engineers to build Everglades reservoir
By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer BBC 21 Jul 06
Conservation goes back to its roots
VIEWPOINT Ashish Kothari BBC 14 Jul 06
Giant Panda Sanctuary, Malpelo Island
and Kvarken Archipelago inscribed on World Heritage List IUCN 12
Jul 06
Sumatran Rainforest not on World Heritage
in danger list, despite escalating threats IUCN 12 Jul 06
The Greatest Loss
contributed by Kenny @ Matt Salleh WildAsia 12 Jul 06
China Giant Panda Sanctuary Put on UN
Heritage List
Story by Darius James Ross PlanetArk 13 Jul 06
States Ban Hunting of Live Animals over
the Internet
LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Yahoo News 7 Jul 06
The World Conservation Union recommends
three new sites for inscription on World Heritage List IUCN 5 Jul
06
Lost connection to animate Earth
Viewpoint by Stephan Harding BBC 29 Jun 06
Going for green at the World Cup
By Sam Wilson BBC 29 Jun 06
Planning for stewardship an important
part of successful ecological restoration University of Washington EurekAlert
29 Jun 06
Indigenous Group Keeps Ecology All in
the Family
John Roach National Geographic 29 Jun 06
Scientists investigate giant algae bloom
off Canada's west coast AFP Yahoo News 29 Jun 06
Baby gray whale births rebounding on
Pacific Coast
Written by AP PlanetSave 29 Jun 06
Wildlife Twinning - the World Land Trust
in Partnership with Zoos and Aquariums By World Land Trust ENN 28
Jun 06
The Creative Gallery on Sustainability
Communications launched UNEP 23 Jun 06
Malagasy Ecoguides Hold Key to the Forest
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 26 Jun 06
Blagging in the blogosphere Do blogs
hinder rather than help people in the environmental debate? Viewpoint by
Richard Ladle BBC 23 Jun 06
Finding green in the concrete jungle
By Richard Black BBC 19 Jun 06
Alaskan Eskimos Fear Whaling Future under
Threat
By Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reuters ENN 21 Jun 06
World Grain Stocks Fall To 57 Days Of
Consumption : Grain Prices Starting to Rise
By the Earth Policy Institute ENN 16 Jun 06
Environmental factors behind a quarter
of deaths from disease: WHO Channel NewsAsia 17 Jun 06
"Myth" That Green Protection Hits Economy
– UNEP
Story by By Alister Doyle PlanetArk 16 Jun 06
The challenges facing an urban world
By Mark Kinver BBC 13 Jun 06
Policy makers draw up list of 'top 100'
ecological questions EurekAlert 7 Jun 06
China: Costs from pollution exceed $200
billion per year
Written by Chris Hawke PlanetSave 5 Jun 06
New Generation of 'Green' Activists at
US Colleges
Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 5 Jun 06
Soccer World Cup Seeks Green Legacy
PlanetArk 17 May 06
Communicating biodiversity: Hard work
and no fear of figures IUCN 17 May 06
Nature vs Nintendo: Video games or national
parks
University of Illinois at Chicago EurekAlert 9 May 06
'Clear lead needed' on green life
BBC Online 2 May 06
A Short History of Environmentalism --
A Guest Commentary
By Tensie Whelan ENN 1 May 06
Green idealists-valuable innovators?
Economic & Social Research Council EurekAlert 24 Apr 06
TRAFFIC works with Chinese leaders to
promote the conservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine TRAFFIC
24 Apr 06
Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation
By Stephen Mulvey BBC Online 20 Apr 06
Scientists Find Rivers Under Antarctic
Ice
PlanetArtk 20 Apr 06
World's first environmental broadband
TV channel 'green.tv' launches today UNEP 31 Mar 06
Beetles at Alaska Museum are Unsung Soldiers
of Global Warming Research By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press ENN
28 Mar 06
World Water Day: UN bid to celebrate
vital - but 'neglected' - water Channel NewsAsia 22 Mar 06
China must step up environmental protection
or face disaster Written by Audra Ang PlanetArk 13 Mar 06
The 'butter-side-down' school of science
BBC 13 Mar 06
Camping, hiking and fishing in the wild
as a child breeds respect for environment in adults, study finds By
Susan S. Lang EurekAlert 13 Mar 06
Inspired by Past, NY Town Seeks to Get
Kids into Nature
Story by Daniel Trotta PlanetArk 13 Mar 06
Scruffy is the new green
Viewpoint by Richard Black BBC 9 Mar 06
Attenborough defends 'wildlife porn'
By Geoffrey Lean The Independent 5 Mar 06
The Myths and Facts of Freshwater --
a Guest Commentary
By Jamie Pittock, WWF International ENN 3 Mar 06
BBC's wildlife archives released
BBC 3 Mar 06
In thrall to the green god
Viewpoint By Martin Livermore BBC 3 Mar 06
Experts Foresaw Tragedy in Philippines
By Jim Gomez and Michael Casey, Associated Press
ENN 24 Feb 06
Drought Kills Wildlife in East Africa's
Sanctuaries, Hits Annual Migration By Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press
ENN 20 Feb 06
'Faster emergence' for diseases
By Paul Rincon BBC 20 Feb 06
Tree of Life project grows more leaves
and branches
EurekAlert 20 Feb 06
China announces plan to combat pollution,
revive battered environment
Written by Elaine Kurtenbach PlanetSave 15 Feb 06
China Issues Guidelines to Tackle Pollution
Story by Lindsay Beck PlanetArk 16 Feb 06
UN Global Environmental Chemical Deal
Wins Approval PlanetArk 8 Feb 06
New Orleans 'risks extinction'
By Helen Lambourne BBC 2 Feb 06
Globalisation Raises Globalised Risks
- Study
Story by Thomas Atkins PlanetArk 27 Jan 06
Thousands of chemical plants on China's
waterways raises alarm World Business Council for Sustainable Development
24 Jan 06
China, India seen setting stage for environment-friendly
world Channel NewsAsia 12 Jan 06
China's growth could be fatal for the
planet's environment: activist Channel NewsAsia 6 Jan 06
Viewpoint: Earth is too crowded for Utopia
Chris Rapley BBC 6 Jan 06
Humans Display Their Stupid Side to Wildlife
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 3 Jan 06
Negotiating Nature at the WTO (Part 4)
What kind of deal for people and nature? IUCN 21 Dec 05
Christmas is Damaging the Environment
- Report
PlanetArk 16 Dec 05
Science faces 'dangerous times'
By Helen Briggs BBC News science reporter BBC 30 Nov 05
Media's eco-stories 'too gloomy'
By Ben Sutherland BBC 30 Nov 05
Human health and nature conservation
BMJ website 26 Nov 05
Mother Nature Tops Time Person of The
Year List
PlanetArk 15 Nov 05
Year of Disasters Speeds Drive to Pool
Knowledge
Story by Barbara Lewis PlanetArk 9 Nov 05
Toxic "E-Waste" Gets Cached in Poor Nations,
Report Says
By Ben Harder National Geographic 8 Nov 05
Clean Up the World
Radio Singapore International 29 Oct 05
Japanese inventor grows plants on porous
lava stones
Channel NewsAsia 23 Oct 05
Young Malaysian Trash Pickers Make Turtle
Nesting Beaches Pristine as Part of Global Cleanup By Vijay Joshi, Associated
Press ENN website 19 Sep 05
New UNEP Guidebook on Producing Effective
Environmental Campaigns UNEP website 5 Sep 05
Zero-waste estate helps fight India’s
growing garbage problem
By Channel NewsAsia's India Correspondent Vaibhav Varma Channel NewsAsia
26 Aug 05
China choked by pollution but
signs emerge it is addressing the issue
Channel NewsAsia 16 Aug 05
Taiwan authorities act to reduce ghost
month pollution
Written by AP PlanetSave website, 12 Aug 05
High DDT Levels Found in Breastmilk of
Hong Kong Mothers PlanetArk website, 25 Jul 05
Eight New World Heritage Sites Designated
IUCN website, 14 Jul 05
“Natural Capital” Investment or Higher
Costs and Lower Profits UNEP website, 12 Jul 05
Synthetic Fragrances Harmful to Marine
Life, Study Says
John Roach National Geographic website, 11Jul 05
Natural golf courses redefine green
More superintendents use fewer chemicals while enjoying the view
Stephen Morton MSNBC website, 1Jul 05
Plastics in food containers linked to
breast cancer
Today online 31 May 05
Chemicals in plastics 'harming unborn
boys': Toxins have gender-bending effect, say scientists Today online
28 May 05
Worldwide coastal cleanup bags 4,000
tons of debris
by Jeannette J. Lee PlanetSave website 19 May 05
Earth Day at 35: Is it still relevant?
Heyday was in 1970s; today it's an institution By Miguel LlanosMSNBC
22 Apr 05
On Earth Day, environmentalists debate
future of movement Written by Terence Chea PlanetSave.com 22 Apr
05
Activists push recycling to fight "e-waste"
by Rachel Konrad, Associated Press PlanetSave.com 21 Apr 05
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