Daily Roundup: July 14, 2009

The Greenest Fuel: Execs at Exxon Mobil announced today that they plan to invest $600 million in biofuels made from algae. New York Times and Scientific American

But Not All Algae’s Good: Scientists have discovered a toxic algae species affecting oceans. NOAA

Insult to Injury: Iraq’s Euphrates River is going dry, thanks in large part to the water policies and dams of upstream nations Turkey and Syria; the Tigris is shrinking too. New York Times

Closing

Loopholes: The EPA will propose a rule requiring hardrock miners to pay for environmental cleanup (including when they file for bankruptcy), thereby protecting taxpayers from the expense. Los Angeles Times and Deseret News

Monkey Business: A film based on Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang, a 1975 novel about vigilante environmentalists, is in development for a 2010 release and will likely star Matthew McConaughey and Richard Dreyfuss. Ecorazzi

–Avital Binshtock

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