In the Associated Press David Hawkins talks about how unions and green groups can work together to dispel rumors and promote their mutual interests: clean, green, well paying American jobs... Jake Schmidt optimistically points to developing economies' "emerging willingness to take action" in a TIME magazine article discussing expectations and accomplishments from Poznan, Poland... In the Associated Press Deron Lovaas weighs what America needs to change if energy security is truly an overarching national goal...

David Pettit praises presumed Council on Environmental Quality appointee Nancy Sutley for her hardworking, relentless and often successful commitment to "doing what she thinks is the right thing" in an LA Times article profiling Sutley... Rob Perks calls mountaintop removal the "worst form of mining you can do" in a New Scientist piece discussing Bank of America's new policy regarding loans to coal mining companies... In response to EPA's recent changes to the Endangered Species Act, Andrew Wetzler rebukes the Bush administration for rejecting "anything with a whiff of science" and moving forward with ESA changes that may very well be illegal in the Christian Science Monitor's Bright Green Blog...