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Media
The greenest generation? [Review of "Our Class is Going Green!"] (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 29)
Magazine publishers back green giveaway of digital issues (Brand Republic, Sep. 25)
Lexus ad banned over climate claims (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Green Living & Social Trends
Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change (Guardian, Sep. 30)
For consumers, more incentives to go green (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 29)
Before you buy those organic bluejeans. (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 29)
Don't Blame Cities For Climate Change, See Them As Solutions, New Study Says (ScienceDaily, Sep. 29)
Can you ski and be green? (Guardian, Sep. 28)
Pope says tourists must not harm the planet (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 27)
Treading lightly: How to gauge my carbon footprint? (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 26)
 Portland, Ore., tops sustainable cities list (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 22)
Data Doctors: 'Green' computing means powering-off (East Valley Tribune, Sep. 20)
Business & Economy
Boeing, Virgin join group committed to biofuel for commercial jets (ENN/WBCSD, Sep. 26)
PricewaterhouseCoopers to Cut CO2 by a Fifth (GreenBiz, Sep. 26)
Wal-Mart aims to curb plastic bag use (Reuters, Sep. 26)
Green Supply Chain: Thinking Outside the (Cardboard) Box (GreenBiz, Sep. 25)
UN forecasts boom in 'green jobs' (BBC News, Sep. 24)
Companies' Carbon Offset Strategies, Practices Detailed in New Report (GreenBiz, Sep. 24)
Aviation and shipping cannot trade away emissions, scientist warns (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
States lead on scrubbing carbon (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 2)
Make your diet a little more 'green' (Poughkeepsie Journal, Oct. 1)
Geo-engineering an idea whose time has come? (South Bend Tribune, Oct. 1)
The problem with Energy Star (Boston Globe, Sep. 27)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Experts warn species in peril from climate change (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 1)
Australians urged to eat kangaroo (BBC News, Oct. 1)
Researchers Find Animal With Ability To Survive Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Sep. 30)
Feds propose 48 new endangered species in Hawaii (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 30)
Lawsuit seeks Species Act protection for wolverine (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 30)
Shark Fishers Try to Reel in Cash, Turn to Conservation (Nat'l Geographic News, Sep. 30)
Beaked whales: Sounding off [Scientists attempt to find cause of whale strandings] (BBC News, Sep. 30)
Marine 'dead zones' leave crabs gasping (New Scientist, Sep. 29)
Harsh Review of Restoration in Everglades (N.Y. Times, Sep. 29) Free site registration required
Global Warming Costs Starfish an Arm and a Leg (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Sep. 29)
Court: Great Lakes wolf returns to endangered list (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 29)
Over half of Europe's amphibians face extinction by 2050 (Guardian, Sep. 26)
Study: Privatization could avert fisheries' collapse (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 26)
Modest CO2 Cutbacks May Be Too Little, Too Late For Coral Reefs (TerraDaily/SPX, Sep. 25)
Competition for sex hampers endangered species' recovery (Nature News, Sep. 24)
Colorful study probes climate change, fall foliage (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 24)
Technology
Microwave factory to act as carbon sink (New Scientist, Oct. 1)
Invention special: Green technology (New Scientist, Sep. 30)
Virgin Galactic to join climate experiment (BBC News, Sep. 30)
Water, water everywhere, and now it's safe to drink [Test for water contamination] (New Scientist, Sep. 23)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Companies must lead climate change fight: consumers (ENN/Reuters, Sep. 24)
British public 'unwilling' to pay for climate change costs (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Green idealists fail to make grade, says study (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Green Building
'Greenest' Museum To Open In San Francisco (NPR, Sep. 25)
U.S. & Government
Cali. Governor signs laws on sprawl and water supplies but vetoes smog-fighting port cargo fee (ENN/L.A. Times, Oct. 1)
Palin fought safeguards for polar bears with studies by climate change sceptics (Guardian, Sep. 30)
Lawmakers at Impasse on Incentives for Renewable Energy (N.Y. Times, Sep. 29) Free site registration required
What Will Happen When the Offshore Drilling Ban Expires? (ENN/About.com, Sep. 27)
Obama declares support for 'clean' coal (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Environment and Energy? (Scientific American, Sep. 24)
US elections: the candidates on climate (Nature Reports, Sep. 24)
Polluters Required To Pay For Greenhouse Gases [Eastern states begin regional greenhouse gas initiative] (NPR, Sep. 24)
Western States Unite For Climate Initiative (NPR, Sep. 24)
House passes Great Lakes Compact (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 23)
International
Brazilian government faces criminal charges over Amazon deforestation (Guardian, Sep. 30)
Europe should spend now to avoid climate catastrophes (New Scientist, Sep. 29)
Brazil unveils deforestation plan (BBC News, Sep. 26)
CO2 Flow Speeds Up; Poor Countries Now Lead (N.Y. Times, Sep. 26) Free site registration required
World Bank collects 6.1 bln dlrs in pledges for climate funds (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 26)
Financial turmoil no bar to climate deal: UN (ENN/Reuters, Sep. 26)
A new law of nature [Ecuador votes on giving legal rights to rivers, forests and air.] (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Climate Change
Scientists aim to boost Southern Ocean CO2 monitoring (Yahoo News/Reuters, Oct. 1)
Arctic August Ice Retreat Fastest On Record (Nat'l Geographic News, Sep. 29)
VIETNAM: Heeding Climate Change Warnings (ENN/IPS, Sep. 29)
Climate change: Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe (TerraDaily/AFP, Sep. 29)
The village at the tip of the iceberg [Climate change and the the Yup'ik Eskimos] (Guardian, Sep. 28)
Fears surface over methane leaks (Nature News, Sep. 26)
Clinton confab discusses poverty, climate change (Yahoo News/AP, Sep. 25)
Climate-Change Program Gets New Funds and Home [Center for Capacity Building] (N.Y. Times, Sep. 25) Free site registration required
Surprise: Old-growth forests soak up CO2 (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 24)
Energy
Study Eases Fear About Wind Farm Threat to Birds (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 1)
EPA proposes using contaminated land for renewable energy (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 1)
High stakes in Canada's vast oil-sands fields (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 30)
Solar water heaters growing in power-hungry Burkina Faso (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 28)
New Solar Business Trades On 'Open Sky' (NPR, Sep. 26)
Are some solar projects no longer 'green'? (Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 25)
On Texas prairie, wind power is resurgent (ENN/Reuters, Sep. 24)
'Wave snakes' switch on to harness ocean's power (Guardian, Sep. 24)
Pollution
Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast (Yahoo News/AFP, Sep. 30)
Earth's Air Divided by Chemical Equator (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Sep. 30)
Ozone pollution more dangerous to some (Yahoo News/Reuters, Sep. 29)
Report Reveals Flawed U.S. E-Waste Policies (ENN/Worldwatch, Sep. 18)
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