“When Canadian dairy farmer Ben Loewith’s calves are born next spring, they will be among the first in the world to be bred with a specific environmental goal: burping less methane.” (If it works, they should try this on humans.)

+ ‘Hank the Tank,’ the bear behind 21 home invasions, has been captured near Lake Tahoe. (I hear he’s asking for home confinement.)

+ On this day in 1975, the term global warming first appeared in print. (We picked the wrong reading material to leave on the nightstand unread…)