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Media
"Out of Balance" climate film targets ExxonMobil (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 4)
US Business Carbon Slash Hoax Fools Some Media (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 4)
Global warming and celebrity melt-downs in top Yahoo searches in 2007 (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 3)
Discovery sees Planet Green in 70 million homes (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Green Living & Social Trends
 Divorce Isn't Eco-Friendly (Washington Post, Dec. 3) Site requires free registration
There are plenty of ways for Americans to celebrate an eco-friendly holiday (Star-Telegram, Nov. 30)
Does the Electricity You Use Demolish Mountains? (ENN/Worldwatch, Nov. 30)
U.S. lifestyle won't have to change in CO2 cut: report (Yahoo News/Reuters, Nov. 29)
'Beer fridges' present a gassy problem (New Scientist, Nov. 28)
Business & Economy
Ski Resorts Make Progress on Greening, Report Finds (GreenBiz, Dec. 5)
U.S. Steel Plans $1B Environmental Upgrade (GreenBiz, Dec. 3)
The Coca-Cola Company Supports Polar Bear Conservation Efforts With World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (CSRwire, Dec. 3)
The Six Sins Of Greenwashing - Misleading Claims Found In Many Products (ENN, Dec. 3)
Global business leaders call for climate change pact (Guardian, Nov. 30)
Global Green USA Announces Environmental Award Winners (GreenBiz, Nov. 29)
Report reveals poor green record of luxury firms (Guardian, Nov. 29)
Retailers keep "green" behind the scenes (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 29)
Greenpeace blasts Nintendo in e-waste report (Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 28)
Boeing ad grounded over green claims (Guardian, Nov. 28)
Timber Industry: Cutting Down Trees Helps Environment (NPR, Nov. 27)
Capturing the Energy Opportunity: Creating a Low-Carbon Economy (Center for American Progress, Nov.)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Time to stop the climate blame game (BBC News, Dec. 3)
A roadmap on climate change (International Herald Tribune, Dec. 3)
What breakthrough would best advance the fight against climate change? (Guardian, Dec. 3)
A New Green Economics (Washington Post, Dec. 3) Site requires free registration
Bali's road map for planet's survival (Observer, Dec. 2)
The People We Have Been Waiting For (N.Y. Times, Dec. 2) Site requires free registration
A little good news: Green America (CBC News, Nov. 30)
Rethinking environmentalism (USA Today, Nov. 29)
Protecting a priceless resource [Coral reefs] (Oregonian, Nov. 29)
Feds should put preservation over snowmobiles (Idaho Statesman, Nov. 28)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
China's Turtles, Emblems of a Crisis (N.Y. Times, Dec. 5) Site requires free registration
Bangladesh to seek aid for mangrove forest (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 5)
Uganda plans to boost forest cover (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 5)
Protecting old-growth forests in Poland (ENN, Dec. 5)
Report Finds Deforestation Offers Very Little Money Compared To Potential Financial Benefits (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 4)
Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs (National Geographic News/AP, Dec. 4)
Illegal wildlife trade grows in China (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 4)
Group: Chesapeake Bay health worsening (Yahoo News/AP, Dec. 3)
Invasive Species Threaten Mauritius, Land of Dodo (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 3)
Mountain Summits In The Alps Becoming Increasingly Similar [Alpine vegetation homogenized] (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 3)
Indonesia's Papua scarred by vanishing forests (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 1)
Global warming sends salamanders packing (ENN, Nov. 30)
Wildlife Conservation Society Study Finds Seasonal Seas Save Corals With Tough Love (TerraDaily/SPX, Nov. 30)
Life In The Southern Ocean & Climate Change (ENN, Nov. 29)
More than 1/4 of U.S. birds threatened: report (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Clean energy vs. whales: how to choose? (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 28)
Climate change makes bats drop dead: study (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 28)
Climate change deals another blow to orangutans (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Technology
Crazy Plan for Carbon Pollution Just Might Work (NPR, Dec. 4)
Mechanical Tree Proposed for Global Warming (NPR, Dec. 3)
Carbon storage gains support (Yahoo News/AP, Dec. 2)
Mosaic of images opens window on Ice [Detailed new map of Antarctica] (Stuff.co.nz/Dominion Post, Nov. 29)
Pollution
River runs purple and contaminates Greek town (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 5)
India Finds Mutated DNA Where Water Is Toxic (N.Y. Times, Dec. 4) Site requires free registration
Once the 'pearl' of Ivory Coast, Abidjan lagoon now a pollution nightmare (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 3)
BP Unit Pleads Guilty in Oil Spill Settlement (NPR, Nov. 30)
Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 30)
Sunken Antarctic cruise ship leaves oil spill, threatening 2,500 penguins (International Herald Tribune/AP, Nov. 29)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Consumers name green 'sins' (Guardian, Nov. 30)
Australians want more than Kyoto: survey (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 30)
Green Building
Brad Pitt unveils plans for New Orleans homes (Guardian, Dec. 4)
City Council wants builders to account for global warming (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dec. 3)
U.S. & Government
Crossing a Threshold on Energy Legislation [First bill to increase vehicle fuel efficiency significantly since 1975] (N.Y. Times, Dec. 5) Site requires free registration
New Nonpartisan Coalition Launches Presidential Climate Action Plan (CSRwire, Dec. 4)
'Cap-and-trade' model eyed for cutting greenhouse gases (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 3)
Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases (N.Y. Times, Nov. 30) Site requires free registration
Heritage Areas vs. Property Rights (Washington Post, Nov. 30) Site requires free registration
US pushes for tighter shipping pollution standards (Edie, Nov. 30)
U.S. marks greenhouse gas decline (L.A. Times, Nov. 29)
States sue over eased EPA disclosure rule (L.A. Times, Nov. 29)
US Interior Department finds problems with alleged interference (APRN, Nov. 27)
International
In Bali, Germany takes dramatic step on climate change (Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 5)
Green groups say Japan, Canada wavering on climate targets (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 5)
Poor nations seen seeking to "climate proof" economies (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 4)
Water shortages are likely to be trigger for wars, says UN chief Ban Ki Moon (Times UK, Dec. 4)
FACTBOX - What's on the table at the Bali climate talks? (Yahoo News/Reuters, Dec. 4)
U.S. Reluctant to Agree to Climate Change Policies (NPR, Dec. 3)
UK to seek pact on shipping and aviation pollution at climate talks (Guardian, Dec. 3)
Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report (N.Y. Times, Dec. 3) Site requires free registration
Kyoto's failure haunts new U.N. talks (L.A. Times, Dec. 3)
Australia Signs Kyoto Protocol; U.S. Now Only Holdout (National Geographic News/AP, Dec. 3)
Climate Experts Mull Payment to Stop Deforestation (NPR, Dec. 3)
Asian meet looks to confront water crises (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 3)
Forests could prove EU's carbon-cutting saviour (New Scientist, Nov. 30)
What comes next for the IPCC? (Nature News, Nov. 29)
China reports progress on cutting pollution, but not enough (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 29)
Minister says 24 Indonesian islands disappeared: report (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 29)
Environmental concern grows in China over mining: report (TerraDaily/AFP, Nov. 28)
Indonesia Planting 79 Million Trees (National Geographic News/AP, Nov. 28)
India slams new U.N. carbon cut recommendations (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Climate Change
Toll Of Climate Change On World Food Supply Could Be Worse Than Thought (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 4)
Climate change could triple population at risk from coastal flooding by 2070 (OECD, Dec. 4)
An 'Island' With a Warming-Induced Identity Crisis [Warming Island, Greenland] (NPR, Dec. 4)
Climate Change Pushing Tropics Farther, Faster (National Geographic News, Dec. 3)
Call for action to save Himalayan glaciers (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 3)
Vikings' Journey Shaped by Climate (NPR, Dec. 3)
In Iceland, Unintended Witnesses to Climate Change (NPR, Dec. 3)
Computer servers 'as bad' for climate as SUVs (New Scientist, Dec. 3)
50 years on: The Keeling Curve legacy (BBC News, Dec. 2)
U.N. Warns of Climate-Related Setbacks (N.Y. Times, Nov. 28)
Indonesia at high risk to climate change: WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Nov. 28)
Fever outbreak linked to climate change (Yahoo News/AP, Nov. 28)
Climate Faulted for Four-Fold Increase in Disasters (Yahoo News/OneWorld, Nov. 28)
2007 set to be 6th warmest year on record (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Climate change may cost Florida $345 billion a year: study (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 28)
Energy
The candidates on energy: hot topic, diverse views (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 3)
Harnessing the Power of the Gulf Stream (NPR, Dec. 3)
Businesses See Green in Iceland's Volcano Power (NPR, Dec. 3)
Algae Emerges as a Potential Fuel Source (N.Y. Times/AP, Dec. 2) Site requires free registration
How Africa's desert sun can bring Europe power (Guardian, Dec. 2)
Micro-wind turbines often increase CO2, says study (Guardian, Nov. 30)
Energy-hungry India eyes role as "wind superpower" (ENN/Reuters, Nov. 30)
Creativity buoys outlook for hydrogen economy (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 29)
How solar power could become organic - and cheap (Guardian, Nov. 29)
Coal Use Rises Dramatically Despite Impacts on Climate and Health (ENN/Worldwatch, Nov. 29)
Could a fuel cell that runs on glucose save the planet? (ENN, Nov. 28)
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