鈥淪etting the UK up to fail and lose its leadership mantle will make our work in the US all the more difficult.鈥�
The heads of three US lobby groups 鈥� the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned 杏吧原创s and the Natural Resources Defense Council 鈥� complain that the UK鈥檚 decision to build eight 鈥渄irty鈥� coal plants makes it less likely the US will join a post-Kyoto deal to cut emissions (The Guardian, London, 22 August)
鈥淭hey are the first to do it, it鈥檚 like CSI for fish.鈥�
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Mark Stoeckle proudly comments on the efforts of his daughter and her friend, who used DNA barcoding to reveal that cheaper species of fish were being passed off as expensive sushi at some restaurants and stores in New York City (CNN.com, 22 August)
鈥淎 technical excuse to completely block US access would fit nicely into the Kremlin tool kit.鈥�
Vincent Sabathier at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC thinks the US may lose access to the International Space Station because of strained relations with Russia (AFP, 25 August)
鈥淭hey鈥檙e not the T. rex of the sea, they get more docile as they mature.鈥�
Steve O鈥橲hea at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand reckons many giant squid, such as the 495-kilogram female captured in Antarctica last year, live on the seabed like lethargic blobs (AFP, 22 August)
鈥淵es, it isn鈥檛 a lot of power, but it is better than nothing.鈥�
Mike Taggett, who makes electricity-generating exercise machines, is supplying prototypes to the Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, which opens this week. The gym hopes to get 40 per cent of its energy from the machines and solar panels (Los Angeles Times, 25 August)