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Media
First Look Studios Cuts Paper Use, Plants Trees (GreenBiz, Dec. 19)
New IMAX Film: Dolphins and Whales - Tribes of the Ocean (ENN, Dec. 19)
 Sundance Channel Acquires "Sierra Club Chronicles" (GreenBiz, Dec. 14)
Sundance Channel Acquires Eleven Documentaries to Premiere As Part Of The Green (GreenBiz, Dec. 12)
Effie Awards to Honor Eco-Marketing Ideas That Work: Introducing the Green Effie (Business Wire, Dec. 12)
Dwell Magazine Embraces Sustainable Publishing (GreenBiz, Dec. 11)
Planet Green Announces New Series That Looks at Household Eco-Horrors and Turns Energy and Waste Savings Into Cash (PR Newswire, Dec. 11)
Green Living & Social Trends
How To Have A Green Christmas (Daily Record, Dec. 18)
A guide to eating fish [Avoiding at-risk species] (Guardian, Dec. 17)
Before It Disappears [Travel to threatened wilderness] (N.Y. Times, Dec. 16) Site requires free registration
Green campaign gains 'mo' on military bases (Star-Telegram, Dec. 16)
Always On [Energy use of appliances on standby] (N.Y. Times, Dec. 11) Site requires free registration
Business & Economy
Eight Tips: Reducing the Environmental Impact of Computing in 2008 (ENN, Dec. 19)
DHL, USPS Top List of Climate Conscious Shippers (GreenBiz, Dec. 14)
No More PVC for Sears and Kmart (GreenBiz, Dec. 13)
Nation's Largest Retailers Accused of Organic Fraud (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 13)
Marketing Firm Announces Greenwashing Index (GreenBiz, Dec. 12)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
China's not alone in environmental crisis (Boston Globe, Dec. 19)
Stalling in Bali (Washington Post, Dec. 18) Site requires free registration
A very green year (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 17)
Disappointments on Climate (N.Y. Times, Dec. 17) Site requires free registration
Green Building (Washington Post, Dec. 15) Site requires free registration
Carbon myths ["Recycling and banning plastic bags are all very well, but they won't save the planet."] (Guardian, Dec. 13)
Respecting the rights of indigenous people (Jakarta Post, Dec. 12)
Hold back the geo-engineering tide (BBC News, Dec. 11)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Deforestation hits nutrient cycle (BBC News, Dec. 19)
Increased cod quotas 'disastrous', campaigners warn (Guardian, Dec. 19)
US Calls For Protection For Seabirds in New Zealand, Fiji, Ecuador, New Guinea and Solomon Islands (ENN, Dec. 18)
Florida Wildfire Risk Grows After Light Storm Season (National Geographic News, Dec. 17)
Habitat loss forces India's tigers to high ground (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Penguins in peril as climate warms (ENN/WWF, Dec. 17)
3,000 walruses die in stampedes tied to climate (MSNBC/AP, Dec. 14)
Mass deaths of rare croc in India (BBC News, Dec. 14)
Orangutan plan to curb carbon emissions (ENN/WWF, Dec. 14)
As ice thins, so does Canada's polar bear population (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 14)
Acidic seas may kill 98% of world's reefs by 2050 (Guardian, Dec. 14)
A worrisome forecast for the world's crops (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 13)
Sea Lice From Fish Farms May Wipe Out Wild Salmon (National Geographic News, Dec. 13)
Fund targets emissions cuts in peatlands conservation (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 13)
Progress declared in Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts (ENN, Dec. 13)
Seychelles promises to protect its sharks (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 12)
Technology
New Satellite Imaging Method Tracks Earth Changes (ENN, Dec. 16)
How technology can help fight climate change (Globe and Mail, Dec. 12)
Pollution
N.J. sues Pa. power plant over pollution (Yahoo News/AP, Dec. 18)
Ecuador Amazon plantiffs fight Chevron over dumping (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 18)
S.Korea Spill Creates "Oil Balls", Threatens Fish (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Reservoirs Closed After Carcinogen Is Found [Los Angeles] (N.Y. Times/AP, Dec. 16) Site requires free registration
Ship with toxic load sinking on China's Yangtze river: official media (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 14)
Lingering toxins continue to cause cancer: study (Vancouver Sun, Dec. 13)
Oil spill in North Sea off Norway (BBC News, Dec. 12)
Chemicals used as fire retardants could be harmful (ENN/UC Riverside Newswire, Dec. 12)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Many Americans aim to go "green" in 2008: survey (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 17)
IBM Study Finds Consumers Willing to Pay Extra for Clean Energy (GreenBiz, Dec. 17)
Green Building
New policy puts climate change at the heart of planning [U.K.] (Guardian, Dec. 18)
San Francisco Ties Building Codes to Climate Change (NPR, Dec. 13)
U.S. & Government
House Sends President An Energy Bill to Sign (Washington Post, Dec. 19) Site requires free registration
As ethanol takes its first steps, Congress proposes a giant leap (International Herald Tribune, Dec. 18)
Bush calls for review of spotted owl plan (Oregonian, Dec. 18)
San Francisco to offset some emissions (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 18)
FACTBOX-US Presidential Candidates on Climate Change (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Energy Bill Calls for Phasing Out Old Lightbulbs (NPR, Dec. 14)
California Greenhouse Gas Law Prevails in US Court (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 14)
Senate Passes Energy Bill Without Oil Tax Hikes (PBS, Dec. 14)
Study finds White House manipulation on climate science (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 12)
Hard Choices on Climate Can Wait for Next President, Aides Indicate (Washington Post, Dec. 12) Site requires free registration
International
EU agrees steep fines to cut car CO2 (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 19)
Cities Play the Green Card to Achieve Success (ENN/UNEP, Dec. 19)
Australia eyes role in protesting Japan's whale hunt (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 18)
Glacier's Melting Threatens Chinese Village's Future (NPR, Dec. 18)
Governments Pleased With "Defining" Climate Deal (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Bali climate deal marks a geopolitical shift (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 17)
Deal to Fight Deforestation Agreed at Climate Talks (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Norway Buries Its CO2 Under the Sea (NPR, Dec. 17)
Report Undermines Drive for Fuel Efficiency (Yahoo News/U.S. News, Dec. 17)
Climate Plan Looks Beyond Bush's Tenure (N.Y. Times, Dec. 16) Site requires free registration
Electronic garbage mounts in India as consumers snap up goods (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 15)
Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks (N.Y. Times, Dec. 14) Site requires free registration
Indigenous People Fear Double Climate Hit (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 14)
UN approves climate change adaptation fund (SciDev.net, Dec. 14)
China to clear "1,000-year-old" trash from mega-dam (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 13)
Cities to turn out the lights for climate change: WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 13)
Paying other nations to be green (L.A. Times, Dec. 12)
Climate Change
Drought hits over a million people in southern China: report (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 18)
As Temperatures Rise, Health Could Decline (Washington Post, Dec. 17) Site requires free registration
Worries About Water as Chinese Glacier Retreats (NPR, Dec. 17)
Seas Could Rise Twice as High as Predicted - Study (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 17)
Scientists to Monitor West Antarctica 24/7 (ENN/Int'l Polar Year Newswire, Dec. 16)
Report Examines Impact of Climate Change on Drinking Water Supplies (ENN, Dec. 16)
Saharan Dust Has Chilling Effect on North Atlantic (ENN, Dec. 16)
Ice boat details ozone collapse (BBC News, Dec. 14)
Global Warming "Tipping Points" Reached, Scientist Says (National Geographic News, Dec. 14)
11 Hottest Years Occurred in Past 13 (LiveScience, Dec. 13)
Climate Change Drying Up Mountains in Western US (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 13)
Rising CO2 Signals Wetter Storms For Northern Hemisphere (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 13)
Arctic Surface Waters Warm Without Insulating Ice Cap (TerraDaily/SPX, Dec. 13)
Namibia's poor 'will be hit hard' by climate change (SciDev.net, Dec. 13)
Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013' (BBC News, Dec. 12)
Red Cross says global warming caused record disasters in 2007 (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 12)
Energy
A Solar Grand Plan (Scientific American, Jan.)
Carbon electrodes could slash cost of solar panels (New Scientist, Dec. 19)
Food and Fuel Compete for Land (N.Y. Times, Dec. 18) Site requires free registration
Plans to Build a Cleaner Coal Plant Advance (NPR, Dec. 18)
Biggest U.S. solar panel farms open in Nevada, Colo (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 18)
Fertilized Microbes Make Natural Gas Fast, Study Says (National Geographic News/AP, Dec. 13)
Coal likely to boost U.S. 2007 carbon emissions (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 13)
U.S. still hooked on oil in 2030, but renewables rise (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 12)
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