ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
AGRICULTURE: Amazon Rain Forest’s Untapped Fruit Bounty
CLIMATE CHANGE: A baaa-d idea? Aussie sheep made to wear gas masks so scientists can see how their breath can affect climate
CONSERVATION: Colorado tests high tech roadkill prevention system
DINOSAURS: Site thought to be a watering hole discovered on Arizona-Utah border where dinosaurs ‘were happy’
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Texas Teen Builds His Own Electric Car on $10,000 Budget, Johnson Controls: electric cars will eventually win out, Berlin Announces Plans for World’s Largest Community Electric Car Infrastructure, Oreva Super Electric Car Going for $2000 in India
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Government May Weaken Endangered Species Act For Fish, IUCN Reveals That 1,141 of the 5,487 mammals on Earth Are Threatened with Extinction: The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis
ENERGY: Can Electricity From Trees Power Gadgets?
ENVIRONMENTALISM: Do environmental messages do more harm than good?
EVOLUTION: Scientists Discover Fish in Act of Evolution in Africa’s Greatest Lake
FUEL SPILL: Hurricane Ike Spilled 12,000 Barrels of Oil: Is Offshore Oil Worth the Risk?
FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR ECONOMY: You Buy, You Break At Sarah’s Smash Shack
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: Geothermal Sources Could Add Significant Power Generation Capacity
GREEN: How green is Apple now?
GREEN CONSTRUCTION: 15 Inspiring Glimpses into the Future of Green Housing
HABITAT DEGRADATION, LOSS, & FRAGMENTATION: Chimps 90 Percent Gone in a “Final Stronghold”
HOMOSEXUALITY IS NATURAL: How gay sex can produce offspring
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY: 2010 Toyota Prius Adds Muscle at Expense of Fuel Efficiency: Toyota’s yet-to-be-unveiled 2010 Prius will have a bigger engine and a higher top speed, but improvements to CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency will take a backseat, Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle
HYDROGEN FUEL: Scientists Reach Hydrogen Storage Milestone
INVASIVE SPECIES: Aquatic alien ‘thugs’ set to meet
MARINE MAMMALS: Picture is Worth a Thousand…
NATURE: Planet’s loneliest bug revealed: A bug which lives entirely on its own and survives without oxygen in complete darkness underground has been discovered in South Africa, Deepest-Ever Fish Caught Alive on Camera
OBAMA: Racist Obama Billboard Causes Outrage, Man shot three times in street by racist gunman – for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION: Lockheed Martin to Develop Ocean Thermal Energy Prototype
OFFSHORE DRILLING: Making America Stupid
RECYCLING: Real Simple Recycling A to Z: A Comprehensive Primer on Recycling Nearly Everything, Often for a Good Cause, 7 Hurdles to Electronics Recycling
SARAH PALIN: Sarah Palin: Palling Around With Secessionists
SOCIAL ISSUES: Homeless numbers ‘alarming’
SOLAR: Solar Power Replaces Human Toil in New Rickshaws, Solar Wineries Taking Root and Coming into Bloom
TOXIC CHEMICALS: Adding the ‘Nasty Nine’ to the ‘Dirty Dozen’: The United Nations Considers Expanding Toxic Chemical Ban by 75%, Heavy Metal-Eating “Superworms” Unearthed in U.K.
WATER CONSERVATION: Caroma Profile Smart Dual Flush Toilet: 2008 Breakthrough Product
WIND POWER: Taiwan students invent wind-powered bicycle headlights, Navy charters kite-powered cargo ship to deliver equipment, Huge Offshore Wind Farm Wins Approval
WTF?: Cheney: Wildlife Conservation Has Been A ‘High Priority’ Of Bush Administration
