Environmental News 2007 

Agriculture and Food
Air and Water
Animals
Climate Change/Energy
Preservation and Conservation
Sustainable Development
US Policy 

Agriculture and Food

Searching for Local Heroes in China
In China, Farming Fish in Toxic Waters
Salmon Farming May Doom Wild Populations, Study Says
Hunting for Food: Locavore, Get Your Gun
Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
Food Safety in the US: You’re Eating That?
So What's So Bad About Corn?
Battle Over 'Natural' Food Designation
Dash to Convert Food into Fuels Is 'Recipe for Disaster'
Five Easy Ways to Go Organic
Last Chance for Farm Reform
World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says
Activists Call Animal - Care Rules Too Lax
In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
Ground Beef Recall Expanded Across U.S.
Let the East Bloom Again: Using Water in the US
Global warming to decimate China's harvests 
Eating fish: good for heart, bad for environment 
Ethanol Is Feeding Hot Market for Farmland 
Surviving Without Subsidies 
Eco-Kosher Movement Aims To Heed Tradition, Conscience

Air and Water

Study Finds Humans' Effect on Oceans Comprehensive
Trucks Power China’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost
From Sewage, Added Water for Drinking
Levee blasts signal a truce in water wars
Feds want to survey, possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific
The Future Is Drying Up
In China, a Lake’s Champion Imperils Himself 
Pollution pouring into nation's waters far beyond legal limits
EPA Joins Settlement of Lawsuit but Adds a Waiver
China discovers "new" glaciers on roof of world
Lake Tahoe: Restoring the Ecosystem
Antarctic ozone hole early in 2007 
Smog smothers Japan, experts point to China 
Warming Will Exacerbate Global Water Conflicts 
Keeping Cool, Clear Tap Water 
World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity 
At Australia’s Bunny Fence, Variable Cloudiness Prompts Climate Study 
Water, Water Everywhere, but Guilt by the Bottleful 
In Praise of Tap Water 
Tiny Town in US Demands Justice in Dioxin Poisoning 
Texas leads list of dirtiest U.S. power plants 
Washington Pressed to Lead as Water Tables Fall 
Police warn of more floods as body found 

Animals

In the Age of Noah
Deadly Bacteria Found to Be More Common
How Baboons Think (Yes, Think)
Thousands of new marine microbes discovered  
Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs 

Climate Change/Energy

Nobel Lecture by R. K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC 
Climate change reheats interest in nuclear power
As Earth Warms, Virus From Tropics Moves to Italy
Nations Forge Pact on Global Warming, Climate Change
Indigenous Peoples Shut Out of Climate Talks, Plans
Climate Faulted for Four-Fold Increase in Disasters
Carbon pollution from industrialised countries rises again
Climate Change Will Throw Asia's Advances into Reverse - Study
The Scientists Speak
Researchers Name the World's Dirtiest Power Plants
U.S. Food Companies Accused of 'Cooking the Climate'
Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming
Most ready for 'green sacrifices'
Religious Leaders Act on Climate Change
How to Cool the Globe
U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment
How Green Is My Garden?
Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time
Economic Costs of Climate Change 'Will Affect Every American'
Utility to Pay Large Sum in Clean Air Settlement
Greenhouse gas emissions hit danger mark
Chill out
Rain in Canada ends plan to stop pine beetle by fire
The Race Against Warming
Scientist urges ocean pipes to fix Earth's climate
U.S. Trying to Block Calif. on Emissions
Vatican Penance: Forgive Us Our Carbon Output
Doha and Dalian
Deal Reached to Phase Out Greenhouse Gas
Groups Urge New Drive to Fight Oil-Climate Crisis
Climate change and desertification two sides of same coin
Yunus calls for lifestyle 'traffic rule' to fight warming
Expert says climate change will spread global disease
Agreement reached on greenhouse gas curb 
Canada wind industry grows amid opposition storm 
Spreading deserts threaten world food supply 
Indonesian peatlands seen playing key climate role 
Natural disasters more destructive than wars: Egeland 
Massive investment needed to combat climate change: UN 
India and China urged to cut emissions 
In Nature’s Casino 
Climate change is a mixed bag for Inuit 
11th Hour: Moment Has Come to 'Heal' the Earth, Film Argues 
Climate fight must be won in developing nations: UN 
Environmental groups slam German climate plans 
Judge: Bush officials broke law by not reporting on warming 
Scientist unveils plan on climate change 
Scientists seek new ways to feed the world amid global warming 
Air travel latest target in climate change fight 
Amazon deforestation drops sharply: Brazil govt 
As British taxes target gas guzzlers, sales of greener cars double 
Humans leave sooty footprint in Arctic 
Evangelicals and Environmentalists Find Common Ground 
Automakers Back Higher Fuel-Economy Standards 
The Power in the Carbon Tax 
Warming of glaciers threatens millions in China 
Ozone cuts plant growth, spurs global warming: study 
Big rise in number of Atlantic storms blamed on global warming 

Preservation and Conservation

Environmentally friendly burials sprout across U.S.
Mexico planted 250 million trees in 2007: Calderon
Homespun Electricity, From the Wind
Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop
As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West
Yolo County ranch a site for agricultural-environmental cooperation 

Sustainable Development

Pleasure Without Guilt: Green Hotels With Comfort
Now this will be life at sustainable edge
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing Factories
A World Consumed by Guilt: Green Clothing?
Market forces essential to halting global warming: Gore
Oil and the Inupiat: Tension at the Edge of Alaska
Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs
Prospectors claim stretches of ocean, hoping to harness wave energy
The Dawn of E2K in India 
No, No, No, Don’t Follow Us
Biofuel Project Could Be Boon for E. Africa
Recycling in Israel, Not Just Trash, but the Whole Dump
The Green-Collar Solution
Genetically modified plants vacuum up toxins
The Caveat Emptor Commission
Dangerous Sealer Stayed on Shelves After Recall
World moves into the ecological red
Doha and Dalian
China offers surprise hope in climate change fight
Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price
RWE to develop new process to cut pollution
Lead, Follow or Move Aside
China could be top wind market in three years: Vestas
Cleaning Up China
Demand for 'Green' Gold Fuels Company's Record Growth
The High Costs of Ethanol
Green Public Schools: Titans of Ecology
Beyond Wind and Solar, a New Generation of Clean Energy 
Coal: What It Costs Us 
As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes 
Sony develops sweet little bio battery 
Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining 
China's new middle class in love with cars - big cars 
Study says low-carbon research offers big payoff 
Decades After a Plant Closes, Waste Remains 
Losing Forests to Fuel Cars

US Policy