Climate of fear as science has a bad news year. The year began with the news that a South Korean national hero had faked his apparently astonishing breakthrough in cloning and ended with news that millions will die unless we tackle global warming. [News Source]

View from the future. The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small: less food, fewer species, less land and fallen dinosaurs, from SUVs converted to greenhouses to an American President serving a sentence in Falluja for his war crimes. [News Source]

Asian nations scramble to prevent bird flu from spreading. Asian countries scrambled to limit the spread of bird flu following a fresh outbreak among poultry in South Korea, as health officials welcomed a drop in the number of human deaths from the H5N1 virus in Indonesia. [News Source]

4 NH utilities to spend $16.7m on energy efficiency. New Hampshire Public Utilities Commissioners yesterday renewed the statewide energy efficiency program for electric customers through the end of next year. [News Source]

When it rains, it’s porous. Concrete-slab driveways may soon be a thing of the past as new paving products address water runoff problems. [News Source]