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Media
Oxford Junior Dictionary dropping ‘nature’ words (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 9)
Quit call over blocked green ad [Northern Ireland.] (BBC News, Feb. 9)
Ditty Bops Score Grammy Nomination for Green Album Cover (GreenBiz, Feb. 5)
 Windvertising Enables Companies to Put Ads on Turbine Blades (GreenBiz, Feb. 4)
Green Living & Social Trends
Eating less meat could cut climate costs (New Scientist, Feb. 10)
Food: the next frontier in recycling (ENN/MPR, Feb. 9)
Wedding lists go green as couples tie knot later in life (Independent UK, Feb. 8)
Business & Economy
Hope Builds on China-US Clean-Energy Partnering (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 9)
State of Green Business 2009: Carbon Becomes a Business Imperative (GreenBiz/ClimateBiz, Feb. 5)
High Road or Low Road? Job Quality in the New Green Economy (GreenBiz/GoodJobsFirst, Feb. 5)
A Bright Green Spot in a Brown Economy (GreenBiz, Feb. 4)
Commentary
At Last! A Green Future [Cartoon.] (Washington Post, Feb. 9) Free site registration required
Analysis: The scoop on buying green power (Energy Daily/UPI, Feb. 6)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Tour around Darwin's Galapagos (BBC News, Feb. 11)
Study: Birds shifting north; global warming cited (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 10)
Taiwan Coral Reefs "Turn Black" with Disease (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 9)
Three New Species Discovered On Deep-sea Voyage (ENN/Calif. Institute of Tech, Feb. 9)
Amazon forest may get drier, but survive warming (Yahoo!/Reuters, Feb. 9)
The last kings of the Arctic [Polar bears.] (Independent UK, Feb. 7)
Climate history 'helps conserve' (BBC News, Feb. 6)
Tree frogs help flag up biological hotspots (New Scientist, Feb. 6)
Technology
Can Algae Save The World - Again? (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)
How Long Did You Say That Bulb Will Last? (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Free site registration required
Minds per gallon: New site to teach students about green vehicle technology (Grist, Feb. 10)
Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage (Yahoo!/Reuters, Feb. 10)
Pollution
Oil Refiners To Pay $141 Million Over Pollution (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 11)
Toxic French warship docks in England for dismantling (Yahoo!/AFP, Feb. 8)
Which is the bigger polluter – humans or volcanoes? (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 6)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Scientists losing war of words over climate change (New Scientist, Feb. 10)
Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure (ENN/Univ. of Chicago, Feb. 10)
Green Building
Reinventing Modular Housing as Green (N.Y. Times, Feb. 11) Free site registration required
Integrate Food Production and Green Building (ENN/Building Green, Feb. 9)
U.S. & Government
The bully pulpit: Obama talks tough on energy in first prime-time press conference (Grist, Feb. 9)
Pentagon Issues 'Credits' To Offset Harm to Wildlife (Washington Post, Feb. 9) Free site registration required
Wanted: Interim nuclear waste storage site (Earth, Feb. 6)
Why Obama’s Energy Savings Estimate May Be Skewed (N.Y. Times, Feb. 6) Free site registration required
International
Giant marine park plan for Chagos (Independent UK, Feb. 9)
Rising green: Japan PM to draft 'Green New Deal' (Grist, Feb. 9)
World treaty to block illegal sea fishing (New Scientist, Feb. 8)
Pollution preferable to unemployment for Romanian town (Yahoo!/AFP, Feb. 8)
Drought-hit China to divert waters from two longest rivers: report (Yahoo!/AFP, Feb. 8)
Climate Change
Big Year For Darwin, But What Would He Make Of The Climate Change Ahead? (ENN/Rutgers Univ., Feb. 10)
Role Of Climate Change In Disease Spread Examined (ENN/Univ. of Texas at Galveston, Feb. 9)
Australian wildfire ferocity linked to climate change: experts (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 9)
Art Under Threat from Climate Change: UN Experts (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 9)
Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds (forecastearth, Feb. 6)
1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change (forecastearth, Feb. 5)
Antarctic bulge could flood Washington DC (New Scientist, Feb. 5)
Energy
Oil crosses over into the ethanol business (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 10)
Efficiency Alone Could Cut U.S. Electricity Use by 30 Percent: RMI Study (ENN/GreenBiz, Feb. 10)
New Fuels for Fuel: Making it from Waste (ENN/TriplePundit, Feb. 9)
New nuclear plants will produce far more radiation (Independent UK, Feb. 8)
Hurdles (Not Financial Ones) Await Electric Grid Update (N.Y. Times, Feb. 6) Free site registration required
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