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Media
NFL Plans to Offset Super Bowl's Carbon Footprint (NPR, Dec. 26)
Green Living & Social Trends
Earth-friendly steps can save you money as well (St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 2)
Marketing firm issues `green' buyer beware warning (Vancouver Sun, Dec. 31)
Go green - you'll save more than just the planet (Observer, Dec. 30)
Recycling Of Christmas Urged To Reduce Carbon Footprint And CO2 Emissions (Yahoo News/Sky News, Dec. 28)
Pleasure Without Guilt: Green Hotels With Comfort (N.Y. Times, Dec. 28) Site requires free registration
Christian leaders call for peace and respect for environment (Guardian, Dec. 27)
Users of biodegradable coffins can go green to the grave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer/AP, Dec. 26)
How Green is Your Neighborhood? (Time, Dec. 19)
Business & Economy
 Best of Ads, Worst of Ads [In advertising, "green is the new black"] (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 1)
Twenty Diverse Companies Make the Sustainability Cut (ENN, Dec. 29)
McDonald's sees restaurants as green laboratories (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 29)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
What’s Your Consumption Factor? [Jared Diamond] (N.Y. Times, Jan. 2) Site requires free registration
The One Environmental Issue (N.Y. Times, Jan. 1) Site requires free registration
Taking on the E-Waste Problem (ENN, Dec. 31)
Climate change refugees need help from world (Toronto Star, Dec. 31)
Why 2008 will be the year of the polar bear (Globe & Mail, Dec. 29)
Remember This: 350 Parts Per Million (Washington Post, Dec. 28) Site requires free registration
Global warming doesn't seem to be heating up campaign trail (Seattle Times, Dec. 28)
Slay the energy dragon: Put green before growth (Shanghai Daily, Dec. 27)
Emissions ruling shows GOP's 'small government' talk is just that (Phiadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 27)
In our view: A Long Time Coming [Improved auto mileage] (Columbian, Dec. 26)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Do polar bears need U.S. protection? (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 2)
Hawaii Couple Reestablishes Ancient Plant Species (NPR, Jan. 2)
Deep-sea species' loss could lead to oceans' collapse, study suggests (ENN, Jan. 1)
Niger scrub becomes last sanctuary for giraffe herds (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 30)
Wildlife 'needs help' in climate change exodus (Guardian, Dec. 30)
Unique Kenyan game park under human threat (ENN/Reuters, Dec. 30)
Searching for Life in Greenland's Icy Interior (NPR, Dec. 29)
Deep-sea Species "Loss Could Lead To Oceans" Collapse (ENN, Dec. 29)
Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins (National Geographic News, Dec. 28)
Antarctica's Adelie Penguins Extinct in a Decade? (National Geographic News, Dec. 28)
New Zealand Builds a Nest Big Enough to Save Kiwis (N.Y. Times, Dec. 28) Site requires free registration
Thailand could support as many as 2,000 wild tigers, 3 times current level (ENN, Dec. 28)
Rich life emerges from nature's freezer (BBC News, Dec. 27)
Antarctica May Contain "Oasis of Life" (National Geographic News, Dec. 27)
"Doomsday" Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says (National Geographic News, Dec. 27)
Humans 'drive out large mammals' (BBC News, Dec. 27)
'Croc-hunter' Irwin's family to campaign against Japanese whaling (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 27)
Can the world act fast enough to save the disappearing tuna? (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 27)
Calif. Faces Water Limits over Threatened Smelt (NPR, Dec. 26)
70% of rainforest island to be cleared for palm oil (Mongabay.com, Dec. 13)
Technology
Giant sail technology could make shipping greener (Guardian, Jan. 2)
Up for grabs [Carbon capture and storage] (Guardian, Jan. 2)
Cyclists' cellphones help monitor air pollution (New Scientist, Jan. 2)
Nobel Expert: Car Industry Can Reach, Exceed New Standards (ENN, Dec. 31)
New efficient bulb sees the light (BBC News, Dec. 28)
Invention Turns Toxic Waste into Electricity (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Dec. 26)
Pollution
Beijing air pollution 'as bad as it can get,' official says (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 27)
EPA, Dow Chemical Negotiate River Cleanups (ENN, Dec. 27)
Supertanker seized over SKorea's worst oil spill: officials (TerraDaily/AFP, Dec. 26)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
'Green fatigue' leads to fear of backlash over climate change (Observer, Dec. 30)
Bright Green Consumers and the Scourge of Greenwashing (ENN, Dec. 27)
Survey: Environmentally Savy Consumers Changed Holiday Spending (ENN, Dec. 27)
Put biodiversity at centre of climate debate (ENN/IUCN, Dec. 27)
Green Building
DoE Finalizes Regulations to Increase Energy Efficiency in New Federal Buildings by 30% (ENN, Dec. 27)
Survey: Green Takes Strong Hold with Architects, Designers (ENN, Dec. 27)
It's Way Too Easy Being Green [LEED ratings] (Slate, Dec. 26)
U.S. & Government
Navy, Environmentalists Await Sonar Ruling (Washington Post, Jan. 1) Site requires free registration
NY Times Square Ball "Goes Green" (ENN, Dec. 31)
Bureaucracy Floats Through the Everglades (NPR, Dec. 31)
In Bush's Final Year, The Agenda Gets Greener (Washington Post, Dec. 29) Site requires free registration
The city of blinding lights is starting to see 'green' (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 28)
E.P.A. to Comply in Waiver Inquiry (N.Y. Times/AP, Dec. 28) Site requires free registration
Cities Enticing Residents to go Green (Time, Dec. 27)
NY to reduce greenhouse emissions (BBC News, Dec. 27)
Conservationists sue for information about species rulings (Register-Guard/AP, Dec. 27)
International
Concerns Rise with Water of Three Gorges Dam (NPR, Jan. 2)
Beijing introduces cleaner fuel standards (ENN/Reuters, Jan. 1)
Germans tighten car exhaust rules (BBC News, Jan. 1)
Japan to Back Targets for New Climate Deal - Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Dec. 31)
Chile approves native forest law after 15 years (SciDev.net, Dec. 31)
China abandons plans for huge dam on Yangtze (Guardian, Dec. 29)
China's Olympic goal: Turn smoggy sky blue (International Herald Tribune, Dec. 29)
Climate Change
In a Forest's Breath, Deciphering Climate Clues (NPR, Dec. 31)
Global warming to alter Calif. landscape (Yahoo News/AP, Dec. 29)
Tracking Carbon Trail To Find Why So Much Fills the Atmosphere (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 28)
Natural catastrophes will grow with climate change: re-insurer (Yahoo News/AFP, Dec. 27)
Global Warming Jeopardizes Norway's Fish Farms (NPR, Dec. 27)
Global warming brings busy year for UN disaster teams (Guardian, Dec. 27)
Climatic Chain Reaction Caused Runaway Greenhouse Effect 55 Million Years Ago (ENN, Dec. 26)
For Climate Change Mitigation, Don’t Forget the Peatlands (ENN/Worldwatch, Dec. 26)
Energy
Solar energy 'revolution' brings green power closer (Guardian, Dec. 29)
Solar Cells of the Future with Nano Flakes (ENN, Dec. 28)
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