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Media
MSN Launches Green Channel (PR Newswire, Oct. 30)
About Tread lightly [Guardian launches "Tread Lightly" environmental pledge campaign] (Guardian, Oct. 26)
Lonely Planet [Satellite Pictures Drive Home The Fragility of Our Earth] (Washington Post, Oct. 25) Site requires free registration
Autodesk Launches Documentary Series on Design and the Environment (GreenBiz, Oct. 23)
New York Times launches new environmental blog (N.Y. Times, Oct.) Site requires free registration
Green Living & Social Trends
Dream of a Low-Carbon, Rural Idyll Getting Closer? (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 31)
Leftovers return for environment menu (Telegraph UK, Oct. 30)
All About: Waste heat [Homes responsible for 19% of greenhouse gas emissions] (CNN, Oct. 29)
Schools Embrace Environment and Sow Debate (N.Y. Times, Oct. 25) Site requires free registration
US Govt Web Site Offers Winter Energy Savings Tips (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 25)
Give birds a chance - let your garden grow a little wild and insect-friendly (Times UK, Oct. 25)
Business & Economy
 Tourism and global warming (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 30)
GM Launches Strategy to Support China with Energy, Environmental Challenges (CSRwire, Oct. 30)
Virgin Money Launches Climate Change Fund (GreenBiz, Oct. 29)
Handicapping the Environmental Gold Rush (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 29)
Office Depot, CFI, IBM Among Winners of SmartWay Awards (GreenBiz, Oct. 25)
Home Depot's Eco Options, Six Months In (GreenBiz, Oct.)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Are Carbon Offsets a Cop-Out? (Fast Company, Nov.)
Dealing with Exxon ["Exxon's interests are not the same as Alaska's."] (Anchorage Daily News, Oct. 30)
The climate change censor (Boston Globe, Oct. 30)
Did We Do That? [Thomas Friedman on California wildfires] (N.Y. Times, Oct. 28) Site requires free registration
If we all Tread lightly we can make a difference (Guardian, Oct. 27)
Malthus' Minions [Environmental "alarmism"] (Investor's Business Daily, Oct. 26)
Time to ditch Kyoto (Nature, Oct. 25)
How to Cool the Globe (N.Y. Times, Oct. 24) Site requires free registration
Automobile Emissions: Public protections (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 23)
Offsets - Hype or Hope? (Bridges, Sep.)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Camera traps reveal secrets of 'worthless' forest [Sumatra's Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park] (New Scientist, Oct. 31)
California Wildfires Destroy Animal Habitats : USFWS (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 29)
Frog killer fungus 'breakthrough' (BBC News, Oct. 31)
Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks (N.Y. Times, Oct. 29) Site requires free registration
In New England, Concern Grows for Sugar Maple (NPR, Oct. 29)
Farmed salmon threat to Antarctic krill (New Scientist, Oct. 27)
Third of primates 'under threat' (BBC News, Oct. 26)
Study Shows Housing Development On The Rise Near National Forests (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 26)
New England Rescinds Protections for Threatened Atlantic Sea Turtles (ENN, Oct. 26)
World's Rarest Cat Species Boosted by Newfound Lynx (National Geographic News, Oct. 25)
Frequent fires imperil native plants (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 25)
Canada sets largest freshwater conservation area (ENN, Oct. 25)
California Wildfires Ecological Toll Light, Experts Say (National Geographic News, Oct. 24)
Scientists Link Extinctions, Rising Temperatures (National Geographic News, Oct. 24)
Climate threat to biodiversity (BBC News, Oct. 24)
Madagascar mine 'threatening biodiversity' (Guardian, Oct. 24)
Researchers Track Boobies for Climate Change Data (NPR, Oct. 24)
Technology
Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry (Energy Daily/SPX, Oct. 31)
GE Says Smart Panel to Cut Homeowners' Power Bills (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 31)
Technology Increasingly Tames Wildfires (NPR, Oct. 28)
Up, up and away - the hydrogen car is here (Times UK, Oct. 28)
Pollution
Feds want to survey, possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific (San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 30)
Human-Generated Ozone Will Damage Crops (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 30)
Exxon can appeal $2.5bn oil fine (BBC News, Oct. 29)
China birth defects soar due to pollution: report (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 29)
Navigating the Pacific's 'Garbage Patch' (NPR, Oct. 28)
Pollution warning over US fires (BBC News, Oct. 27)
Bangkok's air pollution slowly evaporating (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 26)
Smog chokes Beijing amid Games delay fears (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 26)
Oil spill costs Conoco's tanker operating firm $2.5 million (Anchorage Daily News, Oct. 24)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Survey: Europeans More 'Green' than Americans (LiveScience, Oct. 29)
U.K. Big Businesses Go Green for Image, Not Environment: Poll (GreenBiz, Oct. 29)
Green Building
The time for green roofs (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 24)
Competition Puts Energy-Efficient, Solar-Powered Homes on Display (PBS, Oct. 23)
Eco-Cities Take Root (GreenBiz, Oct.)
The Deeper Benefits of Going Green: More than Just Buildings (GreenBiz, Oct.)
U.S. & Government
White House adviser linked to cuts in climate-change report (Nature News, Oct. 30)
New York may join crackdown on plastic bags (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 29)
Push For Climate Control Action Gains In Senate, But How Much? (Yahoo News/Investor's Business Daily, Oct. 29)
Drought in southeast US fuels battle over water resources (TerraDaily/AFP, Oct. 28)
Great Lakes key front in water wars (Chicago Tribune, Oct. 28)
U.S. Air Force Turns To Alternative Fuel, Slashing CO2 (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 27)
Berkeley going solar - city pays up front, recoups over 20 years (San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 26)
U.S. Could See a Water Shortage (Time/AP, Oct. 26)
White House defends 'health benefits' of climate change (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 25)
Inhofe Warns of Global Warming Laws (Yahoo News/U.S. News, Oct. 24)
International
Healthy planet, places and people at risk [Health effects of changing environment on Australians] (ENN/Research Australia, Oct. 30)
Norway gives 17 million euros to protect the Amazon (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 30)
Rudd unveils Barrier Reef plan (BBC News, Oct. 29)
Uganda 'averts tragedy' with reversal of decision to clear virgin forest for biofuel (Guardian, Oct. 29)
Countries, U.S. States Launch Carbon Trading Market (LiveScience/AP, Oct. 29)
Indonesia Seeks Allies for Pay-for-Forests Plan (N.Y. Times, Oct. 28) Site requires free registration
Climate controversy heats up Australian election (TerraDaily/AFP, Oct. 28)
China announces $14 billion lake cleanup (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 27)
Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein to join EU emissions trading system (EUbusiness, Oct. 27)
Sarkozy details green France plan (BBC News, Oct. 25)
Natural decline 'hurting lives' (BBC News, Oct. 25)
US Sees World on Track for 2009 UN Climate Deal (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 25)
UN issues 'final wake-up call' on population and environment (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 25)
Should we ditch the Kyoto protocol? (New Scientist, Oct. 25)
Costa Rica and US swap debt for nature (SciDev.net, Oct. 24)
Climate Change
Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 31)
Food & Climate: A Complicated but Optimistic View (NPR, Oct. 30)
Scientists Study the Impact of Water on Climate (NPR, Oct. 29)
Global Warming Causing African Floods, Experts Say (National Geographic News, Oct. 29)
Children particularly at risk from global warming: report (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 29)
It's too late for greenhouse gas cuts, says scientist (Guardian, Oct. 29)
Scientists Examine Climate Change in Bible Tales (NPR, Oct. 28)
Warming Revives Flora and Fauna in Greenland (N.Y. Times, Oct. 28) Site requires free registration
Agricultural Soil Erosion Not Contributing To Global Warming (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 26)
Global Warming's Long-Term Effect Uncertain, Study Says (National Geographic News, Oct. 25)
Climate change seen hurting poor regions (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 25)
Massive California Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Experts Say (ScienceDaily, Oct. 24)
Energy
Global warming opens Arctic seabed to the search for oil and gas (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 30)
Waste wafers give solar power a silicon boost (New Scientist, Oct. 30)
Nuclear power and water scarcity (ScienceAlert, Oct. 29)
U.S. survey ties biofuels to high food costs, hunger (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 29)
Coal Use Grows Despite Warming Worries (LiveScience/AP, Oct. 29)
Opposition takes on coal plants (USA Today, Oct. 29)
On an Upstate Wind Turbine Project, Opinions as Varied as the Weather (N.Y. Times, Oct. 28) Site requires free registration
Biofuels 'crime against humanity' (BBC News, Oct. 27)
Worldwide backlash hits biofuels (USA Today, Oct. 27)
Nuclear Power Output Could Double by 2030 - IAEA (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 25)
China's Green Energy Gap (N.Y. Times, Oct. 24) Site requires free registration
People in the News
Al Hunt: Gore's presence will loom large for the next president (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 28)
Heroes of the Environment (Time, Oct.)
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