Below are the top ten most popular green business nominations. See what green consumers are saying about the businesses, check out their Web sites, and then vote for your favorite before October 8.

ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009)-Governments must act urgently to halt loss of habitats and invading species that are posing major threats to biodiversity and causing species extinctions across Australia,--

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something... green? To honor your green intentions, The Nature Conservancy has tips below to make that special day one Mother Nature can celebrate, too.

KUTAI NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia-Countless houses and shops built by squatters flank the 40-mile, two-lane road slicing through this national park that, once rich with orangutans and lowland rain forest, now symbolizes Indonesia's struggle to protect its--

Our government's goal is to reduce pollution by 83% by 2050. The health of the people comes before corporations or the economy. We should eliminate endless landfills, trash, and gigantic garbage patches in oceans through planning and recycling by 2020.

We are all affected by the pollution from these farms that runs into our waters causing dead zones with no oxygen resulting in dead fish and fish with sores. The waste from these pig, chicken, cow and fish farms are highly toxic and infiltrate our water.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a devastating plan to permit industrial ocean fish farms in U.S. waters. Advertised as a blueprint for ocean waters nationwide, it's now headed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Obama administration is about to take the first step toward regulating carbon dioxide as an "air pollutant" under the Clean Air Act, according to Carol Browner, the administration's special advisor on climate change and energy.

Would you believe that annual loss from the disappearance of forests is greater than the current losses of Wall Street? According to a new study, the destruction of forests cost global economy $2-$5 trillion every year, whereas Wall Street lost so far

Orcas presumed dead; researchers say lack of food could be factor