In the Environment

CO2 case before US Supreme Court

Who is responsible for regulating automobile CO2 emissions in the United States? Should CO2 be considered a pollutant? The Bush administration hopes "Not us" and "No way" but we'll see what the Supreme Court has to say this fall!

Don't read this if you like meat
Also in the environment, this excerpt from an opinion piece in the online version of the Tallahassee Democrat observes:

According to a recent University of Chicago study, a meat-free diet reduces greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide per year - as much as switching from an SUV to a hybrid car. Folks who care about the future of life on Earth would be well advised to consider switching to a meat-free diet even before they switch to a hybrid car.

EWWWW! So all the meat I would eat in my lifetime when lumped together would emit 1.5 tons of CO2? That's enough to make me wanna go meat-free all on its own. (But of course, I won't.)

Merely another inconvenient truth
And finally, a financial times editor's cost benefit analysis on why we oughtta let the panda go.

*caveat* NOT exactly how you would say panda friendly, but a very entertaining read.