Paul,
I use ENS-news http://www.ens-newswire.com/, the environmental research
web newswire
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/home(environmentalresearchweb,
the Earth Portal's news site (http://www.earthportal.org/news/,
and Planet Ark's world news section
Syma,
I recommend the work of Charles Moore on plastics in the ocean. A short
video that captures the importance of his findings is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a4S23uXIcM.
For teaching purposes, I also recommend the visuals of environmental
artist Chris Jordan, who presents