Time Magazine's Picks for Top Green Stories of 2008

Published December 09, 2008

The election of Barack Obama, the passage of renewable energy credits by Congress and the offshore drilling debate made the list of Time magazine's Top 10 Green Stories of the year.

The stories ranked first, second and third respectively.

The other top green stories in descending order are:

4. The failure of the Warner-Lieberman national carbon cap-and-trade legislation

5. New rules that put a freeze on development of new coal plants

6. The ethanol bubble bursts

7. Polar bears listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act

8. Indonesia warms to avoiding deforestation

9. The first C02 auction

10. Word of the year: "hypermiling" — that's squeezing every last mile out your tank by making adjustments to the car (like keeping the tires properly inflated) and making adjustments to driving habits and techniques.

As the year rolls to a close, publications typically recap their greatest hits of the past 12 months. Time was among the first out of the gate with its "Top 10 Everything of 2008" this week. What's in the package? Fifty Top 10 lists spanning four categories: News & Science; Arts & Entertainment; Business, Tech & Sports and Pop Culture.

Yum Brands Explores Green Efforts Around the World In its first corporate responsibility report, the parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut talks about efficiency steps in place companywide and being tested at restaurants....	Monadnock Paper Expands Green Printing Site Monadnock Paper Mills has launched its new graphic arts site, with expanded information and resources on making print projects greener....
Greenpeace Releases Supermarket Seafood Sustainability Scorecard Despite numerous warnings about the crisis of unsustainable seafood, leading US supermarkets are still failing to raise their standards....	Continental Airlines Plans Jatropha and Algae-Based Biofuel Test Flight Continental Airlines announced yesterday that Sapphire Energy will supply algae-based biofuel for the first biofuel-powered test flight of a US commercial airliner next month....
Running Out of Hope in Pozna? While hope for progress in Pozna? continues to look bleak, hopes and expectations for the new U.S. administration are raised by almost everyone, and references are made almost daily to Obama's remarks to the Governor's Summit hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger last month....	Researchers Develop Light, Tough Ceramics by Copying Mother of Pearl The inner layer of mollusks holds the secret to increasing the strength of ceramics, and scientists have been able to copy it with the help of freezing seawater....
U.S. Needs $500 Billion Clean Tech Investment, 5 Million Green Jobs: Report The Apollo Alliance's extensive plan for America's future includes clean energy, energy efficiency, green building and green jobs investments....	Toshiba Announces Plans to Build Retrofit CCS Pilot Plant Post-combustion plant will aim to capture 10 tonnes of CO2 a day from Japanese coal-fired power station.

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