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"More on Coke's Role in a Shelved Bottle Ban" [1]

"Jon Jarvis, the director of the National Park Service, has said that its decision to scuttle a planned ban on small plastic water bottles at Grand Canyon National Park had nothing to do with opposition from the Coca-Cola Company. But a November 2010 e-mail released on Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request tells a different story."

Felicity Barringer reports for the New York Times' Green blog December 1, 2011. [2]

Source: Green/NYT [2], 12/02/2011

"The Impact of Grazing? Don't Ask" [3]

"Millions of cattle graze on public lands all over the West and have done so for more than a century. But a new complaint filed by an environmental group charges that despite Clinton-era moves to examine and diminish the impact of grazing in the arid West, Interior Department employees have blocked the use of federal data on the impact in regional scientific studies.

Source: Green/NYT [4], 12/02/2011

"Natives To Oppose West Coast Oil Pipelines" [5]

"Aboriginal groups in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia said on Thursday they had formed a united front to oppose all exports of crude oil from the Alberta tar sands through their territories."

Source: Reuters [6], 12/02/2011

Unusual Storm System Batters California, West With High Winds [7]

"The gusts that pummeled the western San Gabriel Valley, including Pasadena and La Cañada-Flintridge, were produced by two separate weather systems that channeled cold air from the north into the L.A. area."

Source: LA Times [8], 12/02/2011

"New Air Quality Rules for Power Plants in Dispute" [9]

"The Obama administration said Thursday that a series of new air pollution rules for power plants would not cause power shortages, although the expert panel designated by the government to ensure electricity reliability warns that compliance with these rules could strain generating capacity.

Source: NY Times [10], 12/02/2011

2011 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner: Chuck Quirmbach [11]

This year's volunteer award recipient is long-time SEJ member Chuck Quirmbach, environment reporter and producer with Wisconsin Public Radio. Read SEJ conference director Jay Letto's presentation at the Miami conference here. [11]

"Group: Gas Drilling Polluting Chesapeake Bay Area" [12]

"BALTIMORE — An environmental group said Wednesday that infrared video shows air pollution streaming from natural gas sites that have been sprouting up across the Chesapeake Bay watershed."

Source: AP [13], 12/01/2011

"CONSOL Agrees To Stream Cleanup Settlement" [14]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- CONSOL Energy has signed on to a legal settlement that marks the first time a coal company has agreed to clean up conductivity pollution associated with a valley fill, an environmental group lawyer said Wednesday."

Source: Charleston Gazette [15], 12/01/2011

"BP Spill Fund Raises Limits for Shrimp and Crab Losses" [16]

"NEW ORLEANS — Under a new formula announced on Wednesday by Kenneth R. Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion fund set up by BP for victims of the 2010 oil spill, shrimp and crab fishermen along the Gulf Coast may be eligible for settlement payments significantly larger than what they were previously offered."

Source: NY Times [17], 12/01/2011

"Drilling Regulators Pull Double Duty as Industry Promoters" [18]

"State oil and gas agencies across the country are straining to prevent a flood of new drilling from harming human health and the environment. But that's not really their job. Or at least not all of it. Their job is also to promote drilling. And sometimes the law makes that their top priority."

Source: Greenwire [19], 12/01/2011

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