Yes, not to MENTION the great Gang Green series the Sacramento Bee ran a while back - Here is a link...
http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/environment/20010422.html
...and more links to a number of other good background articles from a variety of sources, at...
http://www.econot.com/page9.html
...but be careful not to read too much of this stuff at once. It's REALLY depressing! (More than you wanted to know/Worse than you feared...)
Good links for the research library. Thanks for posting.