A.M. Greenlist: Old news tweaked to become new news

>> Fuel: Still getting stolen -- except this time, it's old fryer grease from restaurants. "Processed fryer oil, which is called yellow grease, is actually not trash... Its value has increased in recent months to historic highs, driven by the even higher prices of gas and ethanol, making it an ever more popular form of biodiesel to fuel cars and trucks." Earlier: Thieves drilling into fuel tanks to get vehicles' gas.

>> "An Inconvenient Truth": Still inspiring -- so much so that the film's becoming an Italian opera. Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli has been commissioned to produce an opera based on the film for the 2011 season at the Milan opera house La Scala. (via Treehugger)

>> Man-made global warming: Still not good for Earth -- which is news to no one except the Bush administration, which finally admitted global warming is "very likely" due to man-made activity in a court-ordered climate report that was finally released -- four years late. (via grist)

>> Lead: Still not good for kids. A new study shows "even relatively low levels of lead permanently damage the brain and are linked to higher numbers of arrests, particularly for violent crime."

>> Dow Chemical: Still not cleaning up its dioxin pollution. After firing an EPA official for allegedly being too tough on Dow Chemical, federal officials have finally told Dow Chemical to clean up the dioxin contamination in the Saginaw, Mich., neighborhood. The company says it'll comply but is still dragging its feet, this time by disagreeing with government officials about how the cleanup should be carried out. (via grist)