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Media
 'Carbon cost' of Google revealed (BBC News, Jan. 12)
Disney film spotlights threat to spectacular flamingo lake (Guardian, UK, Jan. 11)
Green Living & Social Trends
Eco High: How can I ‘green’ my school? (CS Monitor, Jan. 13)
Schools going green with paperless fliers (ENN, Jan. 13)
How You Can Start a Farm in Heart of the City (ENN, Jan. 12)
20 big green ideas (Guardian, UK, Jan. 11)
Buying Environmentally Preferable Office Equipment (GreenBiz, Jan. 9)
What you eat can help the environment, too (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 8)
Shoppers advised to take ethical line when choosing fish species (Guardian, UK, Jan. 8)
How Green Is Your Garden? A New Rating System May Tell You (NY Times, Jan. 8) Free site registration required
Business & Economy
Apple Puts Green Makeover at Risk with CSR Snub (GreenBiz, Jan. 14)
Dumpster Diving: From Garbage to Gold (GreenBiz, Jan. 12)
Can 'green greed' save the planet? (BBC News, Jan. 12)
Firms Partnering with EPA Recycle More Than 66.5M Pounds of Electronics in 2008 (GreenBiz, Jan. 9)
Greenpeace hands out green grades to electronics makers (Yahoo! News/AFP, Jan. 9)
Tech fair offers greener vision (BBC News, Jan. 7)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
Where should the elephants go? (BBC News, Jan. 14)
Let's hope President Obama is better than Bush at listening to scientists (Guardian, UK, Jan. 12)
In praise of ... recycling mobiles (Guardian, UK, Jan. 12)
Obama and the Vision Thing (GreenBiz, Jan. 11)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Black abalone latest endangered species in Pacific (Yahoo! News/AP, Jan. 13)
Rabbits devastate island wildlife (BBC News, Jan. 12)
Galapagos Surprise Again With Pink Iguana (NPR, Jan. 10)
Venomous mammal caught on camera (BBC News, Jan. 9)
Technology
Car Makers Electrify North American Auto Show (GreenBiz, Jan. 13)
Aptera Electric Car Available in "Volume": by October 2009 (ENN, Jan. 12)
Researchers Develop Car Parts From Coconut Fibers (GreenBiz, Jan. 12)
Toyota unveils 2010 Prius that boasts 50 mpg (Yahoo! News/AP, Jan. 12)
Pollution
Contamination fears over two-headed Australian fish (Yahoo! News/AFP, Jan. 13)
Polarized Light Pollution Leads Animals Astray (TerraDaily/SPX, Jan. 11)
US recycling: 'I don't even think we have an industry' (Guardian, UK, Jan. 9)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Spain's high-speed trains win over fed-up flyers (Guardian, UK, Jan. 13)
Green Building
MGM Tower to Receive Third Largest Solar Installation in Los Angeles (GreenBiz, Jan. 13)
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Goes Solar (GreenBiz, Jan. 8)
U.S. & Government
Two Green Inaugural Balls Planned for Obama (GreenBiz, Jan. 12)
Can Obama’s clean energy plan save the climate? (CS Monitor, Jan. 12)
A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back (NY Times, Jan. 12)
Waste Spills at Another T.V.A. Power Plant (NY Times, Jan. 9) Free site registration required
Coal-ash waste poses risk across the nation (CS Monitor, Jan. 9)
Senate Holds Hearing On Tenn. Coal Ash Spill (NPR, Jan. 8)
International
Chinese Electric Car Jolts The Competition (NPR, Jan. 13)
Heightened fears for Maldives' lowering lands (BBC News, Jan. 12)
South Korea to Invest $38 Billion in Green Projects (GreenBiz, Jan. 7)
Climate Change
World 'needs radical cuts' on CO2 (BBC News, Jan. 13)
The earth's magnetic field impacts climate: Danish study (Yahoo! News/AFP, Jan. 12)
Half the planet could be hit by food crisis by 2100: study (Yahoo! News/AFP, Jan. 8)
Despite deep chill, global warming is still a peril: scientists (Yahoo! News/AFP, Jan. 7)
Energy
Cheap fuel threatens emission cuts (BBC News, Jan. 14)
Bottle or blanket? (Guardian, UK, Jan. 8)
First flight of algae-fuelled jet (BBC News, Jan. 8)
A coal giant rethinks coal (CS Monitor, Jan. 7)
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