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"Biobutanol Creeps Toward the Market"

"A type of fuel once used in Japanese aircraft during World War II is slowly making its way again toward the market, and its backers say that it will work better in automobiles than ethanol."

Source: NYTimes, 07/17/2009

"Bayer Pesticide Seal of Approval Stings Britain's Beekeepers"

"The British Bee Keepers' Association ... is receiving money from one of the main manufacturers of [an] allegedly bee-killing brew, Bayer Crop Sciences, and endorsing some of its products as 'bee-friendly'."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2009

"California Mulls Controversial Alternative to Methyl Bromide"

"A controversial alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide could be in use in Pajaro Valley strawberry fields next year."

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, 07/17/2009

"Ketchikan Mill Is Awarded Orion North Timber"

"The U.S. Forest Service agreed Monday to sell timber to a Ketchikan mill in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest after the Obama administration's approved the sale."

Source: Juneau Empire, 07/17/2009

"Governor Furious Over Possible Storage of Mercury at Idaho National Lab"

"Should the federal government store 17,000 tons of mercury at the Idaho National Laboratory? 'The answer is no,' said Gov. Butch Otter."

Source: Idaho Statesman, 07/17/2009

"Florida To Begin Issuing Permits Friday for Python Hunt"

Florida is holding a regulated hunt to eliminate Burmese pythons that have invaded the Everglades.

Source: Miami Herald, 07/17/2009

"Obama Adminstration Drops Bush Logging Plan for Western Oregon"

"The Obama administration is withdrawing a controversial Bush-era logging plan for millions of acres of federal forests in western Oregon."

Source: Portland Oregonian, 07/17/2009

"Bike Shop in a Box"

"So many of us have an old bike collecting dust in the garage. More often than not, they end up in the garbage. But ...one group has found a unique way to recycle them."

Source: Environment Report, 07/16/2009

"Ozone Hole Linked To Deterioration of Southern Ocean Carbon Sink"

"In addition to weakening Earth’s natural shield against excessive radiation levels, ozone depletion above Antarctica has significantly dampened the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb atmospheric CO2 and has accelerated acidification of southern polar waters, new research shows."

Source: ES&T, 07/16/2009

"Tropical Precipitation Heading North"

"During the past few centuries the near-equatorial band of dense precipitation that supplies freshwater to nearly one billion people has migrated hundreds of miles to the north —most likely because of a warming world, scientists say."

Source: ES&T, 07/16/2009

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