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Media
New Sustainable Energy Journal Goes Paperless (NPR, Nov. 7)
Hollywood spotlights environment (ENN, Nov. 7)
Green Living & Social Trends
Energy audits: A high-tech way to stay warm this winter (CS Monitor, Nov. 11)
Tony Anderson Turns Low-income Areas Green One Light Bulb at a Time (PBS News Hour, Nov. 11)
10 Green Ways to Save Some Green $$ (ENN, Nov. 10)
College Groups 'Party for a Cause' to Help Charities (NY Times, Nov. 10) Free site registration required
Is eco-man's best friend a dog or a cat? (Guardian UK, Nov. 9)
The Green RV (NY Times, Nov. 7) Free site registration required
In Mayor's Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee (NY Times, Nov. 6) Free site registration required
Tokyoites go farming to escape urban woes (AFP/TerraDaily, Nov. 6)
Business & Economy
Fast Food Made Up Mostly of Corn (National Geographic News, Nov. 11)
Push for green jobs is strong, but numbers are fuzzy (ENN, Nov. 10)
Shipping: Six Steps to Achieving Retail's Holy Green Grail (GreenBiz, Nov. 10)
Green Products Put Clorox in the Black (GreenBiz, Nov. 10)
ISO Updates Guide to Greening Product Standards (GreenBiz, Nov. 6)
Show Employees the Bills to Get Green in a Hurry: Report (GreenBiz, Nov. 6)
 Putting a price on the 'eco-crunch' (New Scientist, Nov. 6)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
A climate change conversion (Guardian UK, Nov. 11)
No time to dim efficiency ambitions (BBC News, Nov. 11)
If you only do one thing this week...avoid pressing print (Guardian UK, Nov. 10)
Is 'ecoterrorism' really a threat? [Bibi van der Zee on the 'threat' of ecoterrorists] (Guardian UK, Nov. 10)
The Climate for Change [Al Gore] (NY Times, Nov. 9) Free site registration required
The slippery business of palm oil (Guardian UK, Nov. 6)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Report: Greenhouse gases imperil oceans' web of life (McClatchy/Yahoo! News, Nov. 11)
The Real Price of Farmed Salmon (ENN, Nov. 11)
Race to save world's rarest wolf (BBC News, Nov. 10)
Fishing threatens North Atlantic sharks (Reuters/Yahoo! News, Nov. 10)
Study Leaves Decision On Asian Oyster to States (Washington Post/ENN, Nov. 10)
Marine census discovers more than 200 new species (Nature, Nov. 9)
Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged (Science Daily, Nov. 9)
To save a mockingbird (The Independent UK, Nov. 8)
Measuring extinction, species by species (ENN, Nov. 6)
Climate pushing lemmings to cliff (BBC News, Nov. 5)
Technology
Bolivia holds key to electric car future (BBC News, Nov. 9)
Running on hydrogen (CS Monitor, Nov. 6)
Pollution
Vietnam environment minister proposes higher fines for polluters (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 11)
Tax polluters for global warming funds: U.N. (Reuters/Yahoo! News, Nov. 7)
End of toy story: Where do lead-tainted toys go? (CS Monitor, Nov. 7)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Renewables struggle in US state ballots (ENN, Nov. 8)
Green Building
Wells Fargo Financing of Green Buildings Gallops Beyond $2 Billion (GreenBiz, Nov. 11)
It's alive: Green roofs a growing trend (Mercury News, Nov. 8)
Green Plans in Blueprints of Retailers (NY Times, Nov. 7) Free site registration required
Duke Energy Sees Rooftops As Future Power Plants (NPR, Nov. 6)
U.S. & Government
Schwarzenegger to host governors' climate summit (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 11)
Gov't wants to change course of forest experiments (AP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 11)
Obama Must Tie Green Agenda to Economy: Panel (GreenBiz, Nov. 10)
Obama will move to veto Bush laws (Guardian UK, Nov. 9)
Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid (Reuters/ENN, Nov. 7)
Could Obama appoint a "climate czar"? (Reuters/Yahoo! News, Nov. 6)
Canada to offer Obama continental climate change pact (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 6)
Renewable energy: Obama's cruise to the White House puts the wind back in green sails (Guardian UK, Nov. 6)
U.S. Decides One Nuclear Dump Is Enough (NY Times, Nov. 6) Free site registration required
Bush's parting moves on the environment (CS Monitor, Nov. 5)
The President and the Planet, on a Budget (NY Times, Nov. 5) Free site registration required
International
Japan CO2 hits record (Reuters/Yahoo! News, Nov. 12)
UK experts give blackouts warning (BBC News, Nov. 12)
Australia acts to save 'Alps' from climate change (Independent UK, Nov. 10)
China tells rich states to change (BBC News, Nov. 7)
Africa left behind in Kyoto carbon offset trade: experts (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 7)
$15 Million in Tusks Sold in Name of Conservation (National Geographic News, Nov. 7)
EU business lobby opposes pollution fees plan (AP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 6)
Austria unlikely to meet Kyoto target (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 6)
China rejects tainted imported products: state media (AFP/TerraDaily, Nov. 6)
Climate Change
Global Warming Predicted To Hasten Carbon Release From Peat Bogs (SPX/TerraDaily, Nov. 12)
Global investors urge action on climate change (Reuters/Yahoo! News, Nov. 11)
Greenwatch: Rock can soak up CO2 (Guardian UK, Nov. 7)
Current warming sharpest climate change in 5,000 years: study (AFP/Yahoo! News, Nov. 7)
Climate change policy after the financial crisis (EurActiv.com, Nov. 7)
Energy Agency warns of 6 °C rise in temperatures (New Scientist, Nov. 6)
Dried mushrooms may slow global warming (UPI/TerraDaily, Nov. 5)
Energy
After the credit crunch, the oil crunch: watchdog warns over falling supplies (Guardian UK, Nov. 12)
Energy thinkers ponder the future (NY Times Green, Inc. blog, Nov. 11) Free site registration required
Obama likely to boost alternative energy (SF Gate/ENN, Nov. 11)
Plants: The Fuel Of The Future? (NPR, Nov. 10)
Gore urges US to try for 100% renewable energy within a decade (Guardian UK, Nov. 10)
Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes (Guardian UK, Nov. 9)
Engineers have constructed a solar array smaller than a dime out of 20 solar cells (ENN, Nov. 7)
With Electioneering Over, What's Coal's Future? (State Journal [WV], Nov. 6)
The dirty side of 'clean' coal (ENN, Nov. 6)
Are alternative fuels reliving the 1980s? (CS Monitor, Nov. 6)
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