Top Clean & Green Stories of 2009

One of the best ways to learn the cleantech and sustainability pitches that reporters will like is to look at what stories worked before. Seems simple, doesn't it? All you have to do is go back through hundreds of blog posts, see which ones got the most comments and trackbacks and you've got it: the popular stories to guide your pitches for next year!

Or, you could just wait until the end of the year when they actually tell you which stories work. I give you, the end of the year lists:

• Cleantech Group: Top 10 most widely read stories of 2009
• Cleantech Group: Top 10 editor's choice stories of 2009
• Renewable Energy World: Most-read Stories of 2009
• Twilight Earth: Top 10 Articles of 2009
• Treehugger: Best & Worst of 2009: The Year in Review
• Mashable: 4 Social Good Trends of 2009
• Mother Nature Network: Top 5 green jobs stories of 2009
• earth2tech: Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2009
• Ecogeek: 10 Most Popular Stories of 2009
• Inhabitat: Top Green Architecture Stories of 2009
• Sustainable Food: Top Five Sustainable Food Stories of 2009
• Super eco: Top 20 sustainable food Stories of 2009

Rather than simply looking backward, you would also do well to take a look at what they think will be hot in the coming year. Most often this will take the shape of predictions:

• Cleantech Group: Top 10 cleantech promises to watch in 2010
• Cleantech Investing: 2010: Five predictions
• Reuters Environment: Gaze into cleantech's crystal ball for 2010
• Forbes Sneak Peak on 2010: Kerry Dolan on Clean Technology
• Forbes Sneak Peak on 2010: Jonathan Fahey on Alt Energy
• earth2tech: 4 Green Building Trends to Watch in 2010
• earth2tech: Top 10 Trends for the Smart Grid in 2010

There you go. Now you know the clean and green news that was big this past year and what will be big next year. Have you come across any other top lists from 2009 or predictions for 2010? Leave a link in the comments below. I might even update this post if I have the time. Merry Christmas.