By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The University of Vermont posts its annualwatch list of environmental issues, led by Republicans’ attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail. [University of Vermont]Desertec, a mostly German-led project in the Sahara, hopes to provide 15 percent of Europe’s electricity by 2050 through a network of solar and wind farms across the Mena region that connects to continental Europe via high-voltage cables. The first phase is to begin in Morocco next year. [The Guardian]A gecko with funky colors and a monkey with Elvis-style hair are among more than 200 newspecies discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, the environmental group W.W.F. says. [Reuters]A list of 12 practical gifts for the inveterate cyclist. [Treehugger]
