The NY Times has their end-of-year picks, while the LA Times and Washington Post finally get their snow-season specials on the lift.

UK paper the Guardian is devoting part of their Travelog feature to a week-long series of posts on air travel’s contribution to the global climate problem, and what can be done to change it.

Good news for green-inclined travelers today, online-travel giants Travelocity and Expedia are adding the option to balance out the greenhouse gases produced by flights, rental cars, even the average hotel stay, to their checkout pages.