Among other end-of-the-year lists, Time magazine included the Top 10 Green Stories in its recent lists issue. They included:

1. Barack Obama Elected President - While McCain backed fossil fuels, Obama supported alternative-energy investments for green jobs.

2. Renewable Energy Credits Passed By Congress - Energy credits that were due to expire at the end of the year were renewed as part of the October bailout bill.

3. Drill, Baby, Drill - The slogan spread throughout the country, but the debate continues over the merits of off-shore drilling.

4. Failed Warner-Lieberman Bill - The bill, which would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions to 65% of 2005 levels by 2050, failed by just 12 votes.

5. No New Coal Plants - A board at the EPA put a stop to new coal plant certification, putting nearly 100 planned plants on hold.

6. Bursting of the Ethanol Bubble - The $32 billion corn ethanol industry started to dissolve after food prices shot up and research determined ethanol isn't as green as once thought.

7. Polar Bear Threatened - The first animal considered threatened because of global warming, the polar bear was added to the threatened list on the Endangered Species Act.

8. Indonesia Takes Cash for Preservation - Indonesia took the first steps in November to allow Americans to trade cash for rain forest preservation.

9. First Auction for Carbon Dioxide - Utilities companies bid over $38 million so that they could emit 12.5 million tons of CO₂.

10. Hypermiling as Word of the Year - Oxford Dictionary bestowed this yearly honor on the word that means "an attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving
adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques. Rather than
aiming for good mileage or even great mileage, hypermilers seek to push
their gas tanks to the limit and achieve hypermileage, exceeding EPA
ratings for miles per gallon."