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Media
Geoengineers wrap Greenland's glaciers in a blanket [Featured on Discovery's "Ways to Save the Planet"] (Guardian, Feb. 13)
Sundance Honor for Film of Early Save-the-Earth Activists (N.Y. Times, Feb. 13) Free site registration required
Green Living & Social Trends
Is it selfish to have more than two children? (BBC News, Feb. 18)
Reducing Carbon Footprint Of New Gadgets (NPR, Feb. 16)
Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 15)
Coming soon: Google your electricity use (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 10)
Business & Economy
Can bamboo save our forests and help end poverty? (Guardian, Feb. 18)
How to Succeed at Green Marketing (GreenBiz, Feb. 17)
Four Airlines Push to Include Aviation in Future Climate Treaty (GreenBiz, Feb. 17)
Cadbury to curb methane emissions from burping dairy cows (Guardian, Feb. 17)
Rental-car companies ‘green up’ (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 13)
There's A New Green Sheriff in Town [Underwriters Laboratories to test companies' green claims] (GreenBiz, Feb. 13)
Ford jumps back into green car fray (ENN/Thomson Reuters, Feb. 12)
Disneyland Resort Greens Transportation in Its Small World (GreenBiz, Feb. 11)
Green Companies Do Better During Downturn: Study (GreenBiz, Feb. 11)
Commentary
A sampling of editorials relating the the environment. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Geographic.
An $80 Billion Start [Green energy funding in economic stimulus plan] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 17) Free site registration required
Protect marine life by closing Arctic to commercial fishing (Buffalo News, Feb. 15)
James Hansen: Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them (Guardian, Feb. 15)
Solution for the world's water woes (BBC News, Feb. 10)
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Protected mangroves face petroleum threat (New Scientist, Feb. 18)
South Asia's largest rivers threatened, warns UN (ENN/SciDev, Feb. 17)
Can America’s West stay wild? (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 17)
Amazon dieback 'overstated' (BBC News, Feb. 16)
Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants (BBC News, Feb. 16)
Saving Jaguars, Tigers Can Prevent Human Diseases? (National Geographic News, Feb. 16)
Another Amphibian at Risk: Salamanders (N.Y. Times, Feb. 16) Free site registration required
The Unintended Consequences of Changing Nature’s Balance [Invasive species on Macquerie Island] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 16) Free site registration required
US considers pika protection due to warming (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 16)
Honeybees under attack on all fronts (New Scientist, Feb. 16)
Cold bloodedness no protection in warming tropics (New Scientist, Feb. 16)
Global warming 'changing balance' of marine life in polar seas (Guardian, Feb. 15)
Doomsday seed vault's stores are growing (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 15)
 Bleak forecast on fishery stocks (BBC News, Feb. 13)
Climate change delaying gray whale vacations, scientists say (Santa Cruz Sentinel, Feb. 13)
Far-off food puts vast penguin colony under threat (Guardian, Feb. 12)
Vanishing Philippines wetlands threatens Arctic bird migration (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 12)
Technology
Sun-powered device converts CO2 into fuel (New Scientist, Feb. 18)
New NASA Carbon Probe to Help Track Climate Change (Yahoo News/Space.com, Feb. 18)
Can geo-engineering rebuild the planet? (Telegraph, Feb. 16)
Making America's Electric Grid Smarter (NPR, Feb. 13)
Could ‘liquid wood’ replace plastic? (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 11)
Pollution
Nigeria dumping ground for TVs, mobiles: Greenpeace (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 18)
Irish authorities monitoring 500-ton oil spill (Yahoo News/AP, Feb. 17)
US calls for treaty on mercury reduction (ENN/AP, Feb. 16)
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Public Opinion & Surveys
Whole Foods, Google, Trader Joe's Among Consumers' Greenest Brands: Report (GreenBiz, Feb. 17)
Green Building
Can One Household Save the Planet? (Washington Post, Feb. 15) Free site registration required
Ordinary family home pioneers low carbon future for us all (Guardian, Feb. 12)
Miliband announces green makeover for every home in Britain by 2030 (Guardian, Feb. 12)
U.S. & Government
EPA May Reverse Bush, Limit Carbon Emissions From Coal-Fired Plants (Washington Post, Feb. 18) Free site registration required
Atlanta Declares Itself a 'Zero Waste Zone' (GreenBiz, Feb. 16)
Does Stimulus Package Keep Green Goals In Sight? (NPR, Feb. 13)
High-tech and green lobbies have Obama's ear (ENN/WBCSD, Feb. 12)
US energy chief floats idea of a carbon tax: NYT (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 12)
In D.C., Bags Might Soon Contain a Fee (Washington Post, Feb. 12) Free site registration required
International
UN unveils ambitious 'green' food programme (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 18)
Parched China to slash water consumption by 60% (New Scientist, Feb. 16)
Global warming 'underestimated' (BBC News, Feb. 15)
'CO2 reduction treaties useless' (BBC News, Feb. 13)
CO2 hits new peaks, no sign global crisis causing dip (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 12)
US 'sea change' on climate talks: EU, UN (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 12)
Canada touts continental climate change policy (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 12)
Report: U.S., China Can Cooperate on Climate (Yahoo News/OneWorld.net, Feb. 12)
Climate Change
Fifth of world carbon emissions soaked up by extra forest growth, scientists find (Guardian, Feb. 18)
Russia: global warming to cause droughts, floods (Yahoo News/AP, Feb. 18)
Arctic's personal greenhouse turns up the heat (New Scientist, Feb. 18)
Climate Change May Alter Malaria Patterns (ENN/Penn State, Feb. 17)
NYC can expect big storms more frequently: study (Yahoo News/Reuters, Feb. 17)
Andean glaciers 'could disappear': World Bank (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 17)
North Atlantic is world's 'climate superpower' (New Scientist, Feb. 17)
The tropics on fire: scientist's grim vision of global warming (Guardian, Feb. 16)
Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke (New Scientist, Feb. 15)
Did climate kill off the Neanderthals? (BBC News, Feb. 13)
Is global warming driving Australia’s bushfires? (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 12)
Energy
America’s future wind web? (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 18)
Big Oil putting more money into alternative energy programs (ENN/Greenwire, Feb. 18)
With Green Energy's Limitations, Scientists Hunt for Alternatives (PBS, Feb. 17)
Alaska Is a Frontier for Green Power (N.Y. Times, Feb. 17) Free site registration required
Turbines' impact on birds probed (BBC News, Feb. 16)
How to build a star on Earth (BBC News, Feb. 16)
Solar cells feel the butterfly effect (New Scientist, Feb. 16)
Is America Ready to Quit Coal? (N.Y. Times, Feb. 14) Free site registration required
Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 14)
US clings to coal energy but wants it clean (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 14)
The ‘holy grail’ of biofuels now in sight (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 13)
Cutting water use could be best way to save electricity (Guardian, Feb. 13)
Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mining (N.Y. Times, Feb. 13) Free site registration required
Iceland strides toward a hydrogen economy (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 12)
Paris digs deep to harness Earth's green energy (Yahoo News/AFP, Feb. 12)
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