Slashdot | Private Donor Saves Fermilab: "'In what has to be an embarrasment for the U.S. Department of Energy, an anonymous donor has ponied up $5 million to keep the country's only remaining particle physics laboratory operating efficiently.'"
Think Gas is High? Try Europe - TIME: "One big reason for the difference is that European governments put a much higher tax burden on fuel than the U.S. does. State and federal taxes currently make up just 11% of the pump price in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration; in France and the U.K., taxes account for an average of around 70%."
Spam: Sales rise as consumers trim food costs -- -- chicagotribune.com: "MILWAUKEE - Love it, hate it or laugh at it -- at least it's inexpensive.
Sales of Spam -- that much maligned meat -- are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets."
In tough times, Americans scale back summer vacations - May. 21, 2008: "Despite financial constraints, Americans are reluctant to abandon their summer vacation plans altogether, and instead look for ways to cut back on travel costs."
Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "South America to Have Single Currency in the Future, Lula Says"
Bear Stearns ex-CEO Greenberg sold off last shares | Funds | News | Reuters: "NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - Alan 'Ace' Greenberg, the former chief executive of Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold his last remaining shares of the investment bank, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday."
New Film Gives Glimpse of Our Water Future in 2035 | Water | AlterNet: "A fictional look at how humanity copes when things are coming down to the last drops of water."
Damming Patagonia's Rivers: A Dirty Energy Business | Water | AlterNet: "A consortium of gigantic transnational companies is hoping to turn one of the most pristine rivers in the world into three 'hydropower' lakes."
Rocket fuel, Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals Swirl in America's Troubled Waters (Video) | Environment | AlterNet: "Polluters dump about 240 million pounds of toxins into our waterways each year, and the effects on our environment could be disastrous."
Is Spain's Drought a Glimpse of Our Future? | Water | AlterNet: "Barcelona is in the grip of a water crisis on a scale never seen before in modern-day Europe and now has to import water from France."
Coke's CEO Dishes: The Company Plans to Prey on Unsustainable Urbanization | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet: "While water shortages are getting worse in areas of increasing urbanization, Coke is digging in their heels there to make more money."
How the World Is Realizing that Water Is "Blue Gold" | Water | AlterNet: "Water, Dow Chemical Chairman Andrew Liveris told the World Economic Forum in February, 'is the oil of this century.' Developed nations have taken cheap, abundant fresh water largely for granted. Now global population growth, pollution, and climate change are shaping a new view of water as 'blue gold.'"
Man Allegedly Bilks E-trade, Schwab of $50,000 by Collecting Lots of Free 'Micro-Deposits' | Threat Level from Wired.com: "A California man has been indicted for an inventive scheme that allegedly siphoned $50,000 from online brokerage houses E-trade and Schwab.com in six months -- a few pennies at a time."
