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Media
Time Magazine's Picks for Top Green Stories of 2008 (GreenBiz, Dec. 10)
Green Living & Social Trends
Sustainability 101: The Human Problem (GreenBiz, Dec. 8)
Party On - or Party Off? (GreenBiz, Dec. 8)
Maybe Victory Gardens can save U.S. again (Kennebec Journal, Dec. 5)
Ethical living: How eco is a Christmas tree? (Guardian UK, Dec. 4)
University of Pennsylvania Offers Dual Green MBA (GreenBiz, Dec. 4)
Business & Economy
Yum Brands Explores Green Efforts Around the World (GreenBiz, Dec. 10)
Turning Wasted Heat into Dollars (GreenBiz, Dec. 8)
Eat, Drink and Be Greener (GreenBiz, Dec. 8)
Going green can help save economy: Schwarzenegger (AFP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 8)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
We need to turn carbon into gold (BBC News, Dec. 9)
Congress should move to re-enact the oil-shale moratorium (Salt Lake Tribune, Dec. 8)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Glimmer of hope for rare monkey (BBC News, Dec. 7)
 21 new species in danger of extinction: UN convention (AFP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 5)
Gorilla states in poaching pledge (BBC News, Dec. 5)
VIDEO: Iceland Puffin Threatened (National Geographic News, Dec. 5)
Noisy oceans 'threaten sea life' (BBC News, Dec. 3)
Technology
Efficiency records claimed for solar devices (Nature, Dec. 8)
'Solar taxi' goes round the world (BBC News, Dec. 4)
New Lithium-Ion Battery Recharges To 90% Capacity In 5 Minutes (ENN, Dec. 4)
Group will reevaluate Nintendo Wii component (AP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 4)
Seeking $34 billion from Congress, automakers promise electric cars (CS Monitor, Dec. 3)
Pollution
Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up (NY Times, Dec. 8) Free site registration required
Gore Group, Industry Butt Heads Over 'Clean Coal' (NPR, Dec. 4)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Managing tomorrow's people - global survey reveals what the millennial generation want from work (Consultant News/PriceWaterhouseCooper, Dec. 10)
Green Building
Wal-Mart Debuts Eco-Efficient Hypermarket (GreenBiz, Dec. 8)
U.S. & Government
Obama, Gore talk climate (CS Monitor, Dec. 9)
Security Adviser Pick Stresses Oil Independence (NPR, Dec. 6)
Mining-Rule Change Creates Tremors In W.Va. (NPR, Dec. 5)
International
Canada's black gold oil rush (BBC News, Dec. 10)
Not waving but drowning: Island states plead at UN talks (AFP/TerraDaily, Dec. 9)
EU agrees renewable energy to provide a fifth of needs by 2020 (AFP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 9)
UN suspends leading carbon-offset firm (Nature, Dec. 9)
Climate Change
Climate change: The carbon atlas (Guardian UK, Dec. 9)
Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worst (Guardian UK, Dec. 9)
Analysis: Has the Kyoto protocol worked? (Guardian UK, Dec. 8)
Has climate change claimed first mammal extinction? (ENN, Dec. 7)
Dalai Lama urges government action on global warming (AFP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 7)
Seeking answers to climate riddles of the Himalayas (BBC News, Dec. 6)
Climate change, drought to strain Colorado River (AP/Yahoo! News, Dec. 5)
Climate change could promote growth of 'Michigan Buckeyes' (Toledo Blade, Dec. 4)
Energy
EU wants end to old-style bulbs (BBC News, Dec. 8)
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