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Media
NY museum's climate change show dives in politics (Yahoo News/Reuters, Oct. 14)
Why won't ABC air that clean-energy ad? (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 10)
It's Not Easy Being A "Green" Journalist (CBS News, Oct. 10)
First Ever 'Eco-Fiction Adventure' Book for Kids Makes Green Learning Fun and Accessible (Yahoo Finance/PR Newswire, Oct. 2)
Green Living & Social Trends
People pressure: Is immigration an ecoissue? (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 10)
 Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy (N.Y. Times, Oct. 9) Free site registration required
8 Ways to Green Your Battery Use (ENN/Earth911, Oct. 8)
Six Products, Six Carbon Footprints (Wall Street Journal, Oct. 6)
Business & Economy
Starbucks Runs Into Water Waste Controversy (GreenBiz, Oct. 15)
Payless Adds a Shade of Green to Its Footwear (GreenBiz, Oct. 15)
Thomas Cook promises investors it will outline its carbon footprint (Guardian, Oct. 13)
Leading From the Middle: The Power of the Green Champion (GreenBiz, Oct. 13)
Talking Sustainability with Wal-Mart (GreenBiz, Oct. 13)
Companies with poor records on environmental damage try for change (Int'l Herald Tribune, Oct. 13)
Global Group Establishes Best Practices for Green Tourism (GreenBiz, Oct. 10)
Microsoft Survey: Small Businesses Increasingly Use Technology to Help Achieve Sustainability (Microsoft, Sep. 29)
Jobs of the Future: A New Green World (Workforce Management, Sep.)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Seeing the wood [Safeguarding forests could halve cost of fixing climate] (Guardian, Oct. 15)
States, cities step up climate change responses (Denver Post, Oct. 14)
US elections: Candidates feel the heat on climate issues (New Scientist, Oct. 13)
An Energy Fix Written in the Stars [Solar cells in space] (Washington Post, Oct. 12)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Wolves back on endangered list in Northern Rockies (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 14)
Brisk trade in tiger parts in Myanmar, says WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 14)
Closure call for tuna 'disgrace' [Temporary closure of Mediterranean tuna fishery] (BBC News, Oct. 14)
Chimps 90 Percent Gone in a "Final Stronghold" (Nat'l Geographic News, Oct. 13)
Rebel Attacks Threaten Gorilla Park -- Dramatic Video (Nat'l Geographic News, Oct. 13)
Alaska Pollock Fishery Near Collapse - Greenpeace (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 13)
Amphibians 'afloat and fighting' (BBC News, Oct. 13)
Bat sightings point to recovery (BBC News, Oct. 12)
Tourism curbed in bid to save Galapagos haven (Guardian, Oct. 12)
Large population of endangered dolphins found off Bangladesh (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 12)
Climate Change And Species Movement (NPR, Oct. 10)
Birds in "Big Trouble" Due to Drugs, Fishing, More (Nat'l Geographic News, Oct. 9)
'Acoustic smog' is major threat to whales, say researchers (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 9)
CO2 could worsen whales' sonar problems (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 9)
Tropical species also threatened by climate change (Yahoo News/AP, Oct. 9)
Map reveals species most at risk from climate change (New Scientist, Oct. 8)
Climate change poised to devastate penguins: WWF (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 8)
Technology
Boost for material that turns waste heat into electricity (Guardian, Oct. 13)
UV light fear over 'green' bulbs (BBC News, Oct. 9)
Can 'electric oysters' restore New York's waters? (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 9)
Electric cars to dominate green car race (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 8)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Most want greener homes: Survey (Sudbury Star, Oct. 15)
Half of Americans Plan to Shop "Green" This Holiday Season, Survey Says (PR-Inside, Oct. 14)
Green Building
Energy-Saving Windows A Legacy Of '70s Oil Crisis (NPR, Oct. 15)
U.S. & Government
Memos tell wildlife officials to ignore global-warming impact (Yahoo News/McClatchy, Oct. 14)
Endangered species ruling could slow development in floodplains (Yahoo News/McClatchy, Oct. 13)
US climate fix could help solve financial crisis (New Scientist, Oct. 10)
U.S. Requires Ships to Cut Speed in Waters Used by Right Whales (N.Y. Times, Oct. 9) Free site registration required
Supreme Court takes on whales, Navy sonar (San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst, Oct. 9)
Sarah Palin makes few friends among U.N. climate experts (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 8)
International
EU chief urges leaders not to ditch climate goals (TerraDaily/AFP, Oct. 14)
World 'to fail' on nature target (BBC News, Oct. 13)
From energy efficiency to war: thinktank sees 2030 climate future (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 12)
A Green Revolution for Africa? (N.Y. Times, Oct. 10) Free site registration required
Palm oil clearing swathes of forest in Indonesia's Papua: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 10)
Global Warming Triggers an International Race for the Arctic (ENN/U.S. News, Oct. 10)
Indonesian Officials Unveil a Deal to Protect Forests (N.Y. Times, Oct. 9) Free site registration required
Rainforest dwellers caught between business, green groups (TerraDaily/AFP, Oct. 8)
Global Financial Crisis Endangers Conservation Gains (Nat'l Geographic News, Oct. 8)
Climate Change
Rising Temperatures May Dry Up Peat Bogs, Causing Carbon Release (N.Y. Times, Oct. 13) Free site registration required
Tropical Wetlands Hold More Carbon Than Temperate Marshes (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 13)
Old Gas Gives Scientists New Insights Into Climate And Oceans (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 13)
Global warming grips Greenland, leaves lasting mark (ENN/Toledo Blade, Oct. 12)
The climate change unbelievers (Independent, Oct. 12)
New estimates on global warming (Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 10)
Most Alaskan Glaciers Retreating, Thinning, And Stagnating (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 9)
Climate change could force millions from homes (ENN/Reuters, Oct. 9)
NASA Study Finds Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice And Climate (TerraDaily/SPX, Oct. 9)
Consensus takes form on forests and climate change (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 8)
Energy
Oil puts Brazil on collision course with future (ENN/Japan Times, Oct. 15)
Ethiopia signs deal for largest wind farm in Africa (ENN/WBCSD, Oct. 10)
Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power (N.Y. Times, Oct. 9) Free site registration required
Lockheed Martin to Test Creating Energy From Ocean's Heat (GreenBiz, Oct. 9)
2 Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details [U.S. Presidential race] (N.Y. Times, Oct. 9) Free site registration required
How Green Gasoline Could Power the Future (Yahoo News/LiveScience, Oct. 8)
Geothermal energy development gathers steam (ENN/Forbes.com, Oct. 8)
Pollution
Nations to Slash Sulphur in Ship Emissions by 2015 (Planet Ark/Reuters, Oct. 13)
Beijing reintroduces car rules (BBC News, Oct. 13)
Defence lawyers threaten to stop Ivory Coast pollution trial (Yahoo News/AFP, Oct. 9)
Newly discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil (New Scientist, Oct. 8)
Polluted Rain Run-off Poses Threat to Water Systems (PBS, Oct. 8)
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