Eco-News Roundup: Wednesday, August 26  | Wed Aug. 26, 2009 4:00
AM GMT  A Wednesday morning question for gardeners and garden
fans alike: Are heirloom tomatoes overrated? Novella Carpenter's
piece on the subject will help you decide whether to ditch your
old seeds. After you've got that one figured out, peruse
environment, health, and science news from our other blogs and
around the web:  Starring Fiji water: Will Lindsay Lohan, Diddy,
Paris Hilton, and President Obama still have a taste for Fiji
Water after they see this video?  Does torture work? Dick Cheney
said the documents released Monday would prove that enhanced
interrogation techniques were effective. Here's why he was
wrong.  Cash for Clunkers, I hardly knew ye: Don't let the door
hit you on your way out.  A farewell to phone books: The tomes
of old are a waste of paper, energy, and space. And no one uses
them. So why do we still get them?  Great creatures now small:
Why polar bears are shrinking along with the ice they live on.
 A climate change