Rescuers ready if manatee reappears. The search for a wayward manatee continued yesterday, and Environmental Police Capt. Peter Hanlon said a major concern was that the manatee, a tropical animal and a member of an endangered species, might perish from exposure to cold water. [News Source]

Benin: Erosion-inducing coastal sand mining to be outlawed. Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused in part by coastal sand mining, carting away of free beach sand for commercial uses, the national government has begun a campaign to save its coastal sand by digging up sand inland, instead. [News Source]

Global warming impact on flu bug concerns experts. The flu is just one of many infectious diseases likely to be impacted by climate change. But scientists need better models and solid numbers before they can make a convincing case for action to the public. [News Source]

Filipinos tap buried heat for cool fuel. Geothermal power now accounts for about 28 percent of the electricity generated in the Philippines. With 90 million people, this country has become the world's largest consumer of electricity from geothermal sources. [News Source]

The tide could soon turn in his favour. A machine called the Oyster is being developed by Edinburgh's Aquamarine Power to harness the power generated by the world's waves. [News Source]

Dirtiest cars on America’s roads. At the beginning of this month, automakers announced yet again that they're having a tough time, due to dismal sales in September. The only cars that are selling relatively well right now are small, fuel-efficient vehicles that also happen to be light on air pollution. [News Source]

Building design, nature’s way. The term biomimicry has become a hot topic in corporate America as an emerging discipline that draws inspiration from nature to design new products, systems, and buildings - even cities and towns [News Source]

Bike-sharing program begins at Southern Connecticut. An environmental group at Southern Connecticut State University is launching a program allowing students to use a bicycle for $15 a semester, as a way to reduce auto travel on campus and help battle, in some small way, global warming. [News Source]

BPU picks offshore wind farm builder. A joint venture of the state's largest public utility and a wind energy developer was chosen today to build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm -- with some towering turbines 16 miles off the coast of Atlantic County. [News Source]

Art of Living launches Mission Green Earth. The Art of Living Friday launched Mission Green Earth, in collaboration with the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC). The mission aims to help the country achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by working against global warming. [News Source]

Sunspots are fewest since 1954, but significance is unclear. Just how the current unusually low sunspot activity might affect global warming is a subject of speculation among scientists. [News Source]