• UK Restaurants Waste US$1B in Food Every Year: This is, sadly, the kind of story that gets repeated fairly often, around the developed world: A new study from Unilever and the Sustainable Restaurant Association finds that British restaurants throw away £722 million (US$1.15 billion) in food every year. Even more discouragingly, this survey finds that younger respondents in the survey are more likely to order more than they can eat.

• More Voices Call Out NYT on 'Bad' Green Jobs Story: The Times last month ran an article by The Bay Citizen, a partner publication, that cast a harsh light on the effectiveness of green jobs programs. That, understandably, caused some headaches and heartaches among people who are pushing the importance of -- and benefits of -- green jobs and green industries. First, NRDC's Cai Steger rebutted the claims from the article in a day-after blog post. Then Joseph Romm at Climate Progress had both Van Jones and Nancy Harsoch, both key sources for the original NYT article, speaking out about how their interviews were misused.

• One Green Job that May Actually Be At Risk: In the wake of Obama's killing of ozone smog standards last week, there's one green job that may change hands: Politico reports that EPA head Lisa Jackson is probably debating whether or not she should call it quits after Obama's move undercut her efforts.

• China to Embrace Greener Cars? Good news from the world's largest auto market -- a market that has recently not seen a lot of interest in fuel-efficient vehicles. The New York Times reports: "A succession of government officials at a weekend conference called for China’s automakers to shift their focus from making ever more cars and toward producing more fuel-efficient and more advanced models, including gasoline-electric hybrids and all-electric cars.

• Patagonia Common Threads Program Asks People to Shop Smarter: The hyper-progressive and sustainable-minded clothing manufacturer today is launching a new program aimed at pushing forward what is in many ways the Holy Grail of sustainability: changing consumer behavior so that they buy less stuff, and buy stuff that lasts longer. The new program also brings eBay in as a partner to find a second life for unwanted items. Our own Adam Aston will be covering a launch event from Patagonia tonight, and we'll have much more on the news tomorrow.

• The Public Is More Scared of Climate Change's Effects than Climate Change Itself: That's my take on a new report from Nielsen, which surveyed people around the world to gauge their specific environmental concerns. It turns out that climate change has dropped in prominence somewhat, replaced instead by fears about things like water pollution and water scarcity -- things that are exacerbated by climate change. Also interesting is the relative prominence of concern about packaging waste in the study.

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