• The Waxman-Markey bill on investing in clean energy and reducing global warming pollution nears consideration. Get updates from NRDC's bloggers here.
• College students demand higher tuition to help pay for green projects.
• The first clean-up effort of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is underway. Ocean advocate Charles Moore says cleanup is impossible.
• The EPA will oversee the coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee.
• Bike to Work Day motivates NRDC's Scott Dodd to get back on his bike. Treehugger offers five examples of better bike infrastructure.
• Nine toxic chemicals are added to the UN's banned list.
• San Francisco approves first major solar project.
• Dolpins with high levels of flame retardant found near Miami.
• Florida town turns horse poop into renewable energy.
• Bill McKibben explains his new project, 350.org, an effort to organize worldwide climate-related actions on October 24.
• A hummingbird, a lark and a finch are close to extinction. 
• Chicago bans bottles with BPA plastic.
• Some homeowners associations oppose solar panel installations.

Think I missed anything really great? Feel free to share it in the comments section. Want news updates every day? Check out my colleague Ben Jervey's blog on Greenlight.