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Media
 A New Blog on Energy and the Environment (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
‘Dot Earth’ Science Blog Wins Journalism Prize For Global Warming Focus (RushPRNews, Sept. 22)
Live Earth Show to Help Light Homes With Solar Energy (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 22)
Green Living & Social Trends
Solar Panels Are Vanishing, Only to Reappear on the Internet (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
The Big, Bulky Truth About Beds [Recycling mattresses.] (eMagazine, Sept. 23)
Planning an Ecofriendly Retirement (U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 22)
'Earth Overshoot Day' to mark overuse of resources (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 22)
How can I make my wardrobe toxic-free? (Guardian UK, Sept. 21)
Fancy exchanging your car for a pony? Horse power may be making a comeback (Independent UK, Sept. 18)
Tucson Man Harvests Rainwater (NPR, Sept. 17)
Business & Economy
Firms warned about climate change (BBC News, Sept. 22)
The Challenges Facing Green Job Growth (GreenBiz, Sept. 22)
Study Suggests Sharing the Catch Could Save Fisheries (Washington Post, Sept. 22) Free site registration required
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can't Have (Yahoo!/BusinessWeek, Sept. 19)
World's Largest Pension Funds and World Bank Exploring Green Investments (GreenBiz, Sept. 19)
Google and GE in energy deal (BBC News, Sept. 18)
Green Branding is Necessary, Presents New Challenges (GreenBiz, Sept. 18)
Commentary
Blocking the Sky to Save the Earth (N.Y. Times, Sept. 19) Free site registration required
How the west will be won: Investing in alternative energy sources and conserving nature preserves will help turn America's green heartland blue (Guardian, Sept. 19)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Risk Assessment For The Mekong Delta [Satellite map.] (SpaceMart, Sept. 23)
Damage from Ike could affect coastal ecosystem of Texas for years (Guardian UK, Sept. 22)
New Pacific Iguana Discovered In Fiji (ScienceDaily, Sept. 21)
Yellowstone Preservation A Balancing Act (NPR, Sept. 21)
Catastrophic fall in numbers reveals bird populations in crisis throughout the world (Independent UK, Sept. 22)
Scientists name 100 new shark and ray species (Reuters, Sept. 19)
New Iguana Species Found in Fiji (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Sept. 18)
Hundreds of New Reef Creatures Found in Australia (Nat'l. Geographic News, Sept. 17)
Technology
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination (N.Y. Times, Sept. 22) Free site registration required
Innovative Technology Sent To Antarctica To Speed Polar Research (ScienceDaily, Sept. 22)
Einstein fridge design can help global cooling (Guardian/Observer, Sept. 21)
Pollution
'Chemical Equator' Discovery Will Aid Pollution Mapping (ScienceDaily, Sept. 23)
Arsenic poisons scenic China lake (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 22)
Nanomaterials Could Harm Fish, Environment (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 22)
In Italy, a Redesign of Nature to Clean It (N.Y. Times, Sept. 21) Free site registration required
GAO Says EPA Not Enforcing E-Waste Export Rules (Yahoo!/NewsFactorNetwork, Sept. 18)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Green idealists fail to make grade, says study (Guardian UK, Sept. 24)
Poll: Obama, McCain supporters largely agree on alternative (Yahoo!/McClatchy Newspapers, Sept. 23)
Chinese Consumers Rate the Environment a Higher Priority Than Americans, British (GreenBiz, Sept. 19)
Green Building
A Building That Blooms and Grows, Balancing Nature and Civilization (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
U.S. & Government
US Presidential Campaigns Debate Climate Issue (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 24)
Feds ask to put wolves back on endangered list (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 23)
Put that in your water and drink it [EPA will probably not set standard for perchlorate.] (Grist, Sept. 22)
Chicago outlines plan to slash greenhouse gases (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 19)
Conservancy Buys Slice of Adirondacks (N.Y. Times, Sept. 18) Free site registration required
Environmentalists balk at drilling off NJ coast (Yahoo!/AP, Sept. 18)
International
Sea levels to rise dramatically [Scotland.] (BBC News, Sept. 23)
Iran Sinking as Groundwater Resources Disappear (Nat'l. Geographic News, Sept. 22)
Australia to Set Up Carbon Capture Institute (Planet Ark/Reuters, Sept. 21)
Leaked papers show Britain trying to weaken plan for EU carbon cuts (Guardian UK, Sept. 18)
Chevron, Ecuador In Costly Environmental Dispute (NPR, Sept. 18)
Climate Change
'Climate-proof' crop hunt begins (BBC News, Sept. 23)
Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories (ScienceDaily, Sept. 23)
Oldest Ice in North America Hints at Hardy Tundra (Nat'l. Geographic News, Sept. 22)
Rubber duckies on a mission for science [Greenland's glaciers.] (Edmonton Journal, Sept. 22)
Greenland's ice cap melting faster than expected (Yahoo!/AFP, Sept. 22)
Energy
Electricity From What Cows Leave Behind (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
Solar Projects Draw New Opposition (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
Coal, a Tough Habit to Kick (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
Pumping Hydrogen (N.Y. Times, Sept. 24) Free site registration required
Steam Heat: Researchers Gear Up For Full-scale Hydrogen Plant (ScienceDaily, Sept. 22)
Samso, the Danish island living off-grid (Guardian UK, Sept. 21)
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