ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
AIR POLLUTION: Flowers losing their scents?
BIOFUELS: Boeing throws its weight behind algae
BLOGGING: The Associated Press to set guidelines for using its articles in blogs
CARBON: China increases lead as biggest carbon dioxide emitter
CONSUMPTION: Man’s destruction of Africa revealed, Japan, seeking trim waists, measures millions
CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Big Foot and Loch Ness monster could exist, Search for the moa
CULL: The cull of the ruddy duck in Britain
DEFORESTATION: City-size tract of Amazon forest cleared in April
DROUGHT: Drying of the west image gallery, “Hydroelectric stations usually produce about 75% of New Zealand’s electricity but a lack of rain has reduced that output in recent weeks to 50%….”
ENERGY: Automobile vibration to generate power for bridge lights
ETHANOL: USDA says ethanol accounts for only 3% of increased cost of food
FISHERIES: Fishing nets entangling fewer dolphins, Indian Ocean longliners must now protect endangered seabirds, Scientists fish for more accurate count
FUEL PRICES: CNN.com readers holding on to big SUVs
GREEN: That buzz in your ear may be green noise
GREEN CONSTRUCTION: Rotating wind power tower to begin construction in Dubai, Ecologist’s prefab home sweet home, Chicago’s new harborside green space
HEALTH: NY health official: Higher tax helps smokers quit
HYDROGEN VEHICLE: Honda’s zero-emission car unveiled: FCX Clarity
MADAGASCAR: Madagascar to sell carbon credits to protect forest, group says
MARINE MAMMALS: Companies get OK to annoy polar bears
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDINGS: Dolphin disaster: Why we must learn from this before it’s too late, Cornwall dolphin strandings: the military connection
OIL: Hungry Venezuelans reaping bounty of oil revenue
PHEV: Plug-in hybrid leads Toyota’s drive beyond oil, Toyota confirms plug-in hybrid vehicle for 2010, DOE announces $30 million for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle projects: Adds plug-in hybrid vehicle to Department’s fleet
PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH: 100 years to recover from Bush
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: NYC Mayor: I’d ban bikes on subways, Transportation bill gives $45 million to Maglev Project, sets it up for fail
RED TIDES: Athlete’s foot treatment proposed for red tides
SCIENCE: Genes from extinct Tasmanian tiger function in a mouse, “Makeover” birds get testosterone jolt
SOLAR: San Francisco passes largest city solar program in U.S.
SYNTHETIC SEA: About garbage island
WATER AVAILABILITY: 400,000 balls onto Ivanhoe Reservoir to protect water supply
WTF?: New Zealand restaurant in trouble for poisoning drinkers
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