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Media
The Weather Channel Bolsters Forecast Earth Team (M2, Feb. 1)
New climate guide sets crisis in context (Reuters, Jan. 30)
Climate change coverage on the up in Brazil (SciDev.net, Jan. 29)
Return to the Amazon With Jean-Michel Cousteau (Reuters, Jan. 29)
Green Living & Social Trends
 Americans Spending Less Time in Nature (NPR, Feb. 6)
Church advocates carbon fast for Lent (Guardian, Feb. 5)
To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet [Eco-friendly florists] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 3) Site requires free registration
The Slow Life Picks Up Speed (N.Y. Times, Jan. 31) Site requires free registration
Fuzzy math on carbon footprints (USA Today, Jan. 30)
Big green ideas for the workplace (Guardian, Jan. 29)
A greener kitchen (Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 24)
Business & Economy
HP Recycles 250 Million Pounds of Products (GreenBiz, Feb. 6)
Europe push for greener aviation (BBC News, Feb. 5)
Making Agriculture Sustainable (ENN, Feb. 5)
IBM Plans Water Research Center (GreenBiz, Feb. 4)
Top 10 Green Business Trends - State of Green Business 2008, Pt. 1 (ENN, Feb. 4)
Banks to launch environmental standards: report (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 4)
Seafood lobby's fury at 'Stinky Fish' ads (Observer, Feb. 3)
Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard Begins Today (GreenBiz, Feb. 1)
GM Starts Big Push to Green Its Chinese Operations (GreenBiz, Jan. 31)
Envisioning Green: Getty Images and the Pictures and Colors That Sell (GreenBiz, Jan. 31)
Conservation, too, has that green appeal (IHT/Reuters, Jan. 31)
False 'Green' Ads Draw Global Scrutiny (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 30)
Global Wine Industry to Tackle Carbon Footprinting (GreenBiz, Jan. 30)
The Greening of Transport, One Mile at a Time (GreenBiz, Jan. 30)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Society depends on more for less [Producing more with less energy] (BBC News, Feb. 4)
Late and Lame on Warming (N.Y. Times, Feb. 4) Site requires free registration
5 Myths About Earth-Friendly Energy (Washington Post, Feb. 3) Site requires free registration
How green is their growth [Can poor countries afford to be green?] (Economist, Jan. 24)
Mercury rising [Global warming and epidemics] (Hindustan Times, Jan. 23)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Connection Between Health Of Wetlands And Humans In Focus (TerraDaily/ESA, Feb. 5)
Freshwater Fish Invasions The Result Of Human Activity (TerraDaily/SPX, Feb. 5)
Coho are once again listed as threatened (Oregonian, Feb. 5)
Human Activities Triggering "Global Soil Change" (National Geographic News, Feb. 5)
Dozens of Sea Lions Found Massacred in Galapagos (National Geographic News, Feb. 4)
Outlook Bleak for Joshua Trees (NPR, Feb. 4)
Great apes face threat from germs carried by eco-tourists (Observer, Feb. 3)
Scientists puzzle over Amazon's role in warming world (USA Today/AP, Feb. 3)
Destruction of world's forests speeding up (San Francisco Chronicle/AP, Feb. 3)
Rain forests fall at 'alarming' rate (Yahoo News/AP, Feb. 2)
Congo Wetlands reserve to be world's second largest (ENN, Feb. 2)
Bat Deaths in U.S. Northeast Baffle Experts (National Geographic News/AP, Feb. 1)
Japan, Australia agree to disagree over whaling (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 1)
Warming Creating Extinction Risks for Hibernators (National Geographic News, Feb. 1)
Endangered status may not help polar bears (Anchorage Daily News, Jan. 31)
FAO warns of 'alarming' loss of mangroves (TerraDaily/AFP, Jan. 31)
Environmental groups sue over wolf plan (Missoulian, Jan. 30)
Corruption is devouring the world's fish stocks (New Scientist, Jan. 30)
California return of chinook hits near-record low (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 29)
Swimmers' Sunscreen Killing Off Coral (National Geographic News, Jan. 29)
Technology
Gates Foundation boost for climate-hardy rice (SciDev.net, Feb. 4)
Dutch mull ideas to defend coast from rising seas (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 4)
State to probe development of 'green' chemicals (L.A. Times, Jan. 31)
Blowing hot and cold on thermoelectrics (Guardian, Jan. 31)
US to Seek More Donors to Clean Technology Fund (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 31)
Engineering solutions to climate change (American Public Media, Jan. 30)
Pollution
Satellite Data To Deliver State-Of-The-Art Air Quality Information (TerraDaily/ESA, Feb. 6)
Dust Storms Overseas Carry Contaminants to U.S. (Washington Post, Feb. 6) Site requires free registration
Ports Ranked Among Biggest U.S. Polluters, Progress Slow: Study (GreenBiz, Feb. 5)
The Yellow River, "China's sorrow," in troubled times (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 1)
Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 30)
Beijing Races to Clear Its Skies Before the Olympics (NPR, Jan. 30)
Smog Can Make People Sick, Even Indoors (Scientific American, Jan. 29)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Shoppers care more about animals than climate (Guardian, Feb. 4)
New Report Finds Growing Interest In Green Investing (GreenBiz, Feb. 4)
Survey: 'Green' Actions Not Bound by Political Persuasion (LiveScience, Jan. 31)
12% - Few Republicans Concerned About Global Warming (Yahoo News/Pew, Jan. 31)
Green Building
Car-Free, Solar City in Gulf Could Set a New Standard for Green Design (N.Y. Times, Feb. 5) Site requires free registration
Southern Methodist to Launch Sustainable Design Degree Program (GreenBiz, Feb. 4)
Green can be inexpensive, with a little work (San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 2)
Green design can be profitable (San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 30)
U.S. & Government
US budget proposal offers hope for climate research (New Scientist, Feb. 5)
Bush budget calls for Arctic oil drilling in 2010 (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 5)
US judge reinstates sonar curbs (BBC News, Feb. 5)
Bush budget boosts nuclear, coal, science (Reuters, Feb. 4)
Grants to reduce pregnancy pollution risks (Edie, Feb. 1)
Bush clean-tech plan gets mixed reviews (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 31)
Climate Plans by New York, Florida Prod U.S. on Global Accord (Bloomberg, Jan. 30)
International
U.N. urges India to look at clean development scope (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 6)
Analysis: Stronger Regulation Needed to Improve Corporate Pollution Record in China (ENN, Feb. 6)
Climate change funds to help developing countries: UN (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 6)
Philippines to ban incandescent bulbs (Yahoo News/AP, Feb. 5)
UK's first emissions zone begins (BBC News, Feb. 4)
China asks for more leeway on greenhouse gas (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 4)
World launches talks on forest payoffs (Yahoo News/AP, Feb. 4)
Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags (N.Y. Times, Feb. 2) Site requires free registration
New Zealand's Environment More 'Khaki' Than Green - Report (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 1)
Colombia, Costa Rica 'top ten' for environment (ENN, Feb. 1)
Carbon emissions show slight fall (BBC News, Jan. 31)
Bush's much-maligned climate talks could yet help global-warming treaty (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 31)
Four provinces unite in emissions fight (Globe & Mail, Jan. 30)
Kremlin urges environmental improvements (Yahoo News/AP, Jan. 30)
UN: climate change may cost $20 trillion (Yahoo News/AP, Jan. 30)
Popularity places 1st World Heritage site in danger (International Herald Tribune, Jan. 29)
Climate Change
Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change (Guardian, Feb. 5)
Can We Use Science To Solve Global Warming (TerraDaily/SPX, Feb. 5)
Rising CO2 levels: A double whammy for the food supply (Vancouver Sun, Feb. 4)
Ancient Climate Secrets Raised From Ocean Depths (TerraDaily/SPX, Feb. 4)
Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls (ENN, Feb. 3)
Workweek fumes may make some weekends drier (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 1)
Warming May Cause Crop Failures, Food Shortages by 2030 (National Geographic News, Jan. 31)
Western U.S. Faces Drought Crisis, Warming Study Says (National Geographic News, Jan. 31)
Antarctic ice riddle keeps sea-level secrets (ENN/Reuters, Jan. 31)
Researchers link hurricanes to rising sea temperatures (CBC News, Jan. 30)
Energy
Study Suggests That, Unlike in the ’70s, Energy Lessons Will Last (N.Y. Times, Feb. 5) Site requires free registration
A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California (N.Y. Times, Feb. 1) Site requires free registration
New 'Green' Energy from Dirty Sources (Planet Ark/Reuters, Jan. 31)
New Solar Panel Technology Stylish and Sustainable (ENN, Jan. 31)
New power generation: Alternative energy sources (Independent, Jan. 30)
'Clean coal' plant loses funding (L.A. Times/AP, Jan. 29)
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