"Anti-Obesity Group Disbands After ‘Gift’ From Coke"
"A non-profit funded by the Coca-Cola Co. to combat obesity is disbanding following revelations about the beverage maker’s involvement with the group."
Source: AP, 12/02/2015
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"White House Threatens Veto of House Energy Bill"
"The Obama administration is threatening to veto a House bill overhauling federal energy policy."
Source: The Hill, 12/02/2015
"Montana Mulls Restoration of Bison From Yellowstone Herds"
"The shaggy offspring of the United States' only wild, purebred herd of bison are pitting Montana conservationists, federal wildlife managers, ranchers and Native American tribes against each other."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2015
"Anadarko Ordered To Pay $159.5 Million Fine for 2010 Gulf Spill"
"A federal judge ordered Anadarko Petroleum Corp to pay a $159.5 million civil fine reflecting its stake in the Gulf of Mexico well where a 2010 blowout caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2015
Facing Rising Waters, Native Tribe Takes Plea To Paris Climate Talks
"International leaders gathering in Paris to address global warming face increasing pressure to tackle the issue of 'climate refugees.' Some island nations are already looking to move their people to higher ground, even purchasing land elsewhere in preparation. In the U.S. Northwest, sea level rise is forcing a Native American tribe to consider abandoning lands it has inhabited for thousands of years."
Source: NPR, 12/02/2015
"In Paris, the USDA Puts Food and Climate Change Center Stage"
"From droughts to pests, disease, wildfire, and extreme weather, the agency spotlights food and agriculture at COP21."
"As world leaders gather in Paris this week to negotiate a new global climate agreement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sounding the alarm about the enormous challenges ahead for the food we eat.
Source: Civil Eats, 12/02/2015
"Columbia Disputes Exxon Mobil on Climate Risk Articles"
"The dean of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism published a letter on Tuesday strongly disputing accusations by Exxon Mobil that journalists from the school had produced inaccurate and misleading articles about the company’s knowledge of the risks of climate change."
Source: NY Times, 12/02/2015
"Brazil Sues BHP, Vale for $5 Billion in Damages for Mine Disaster"
"Brazil filed a lawsuit on Monday against two of the world's largest mining companies for 20 billion Brazilian reais ($5.2 billion) to clean up what it says was its worst environmental disaster, caused by the collapse of a tailings dam."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2015
Exxon Takes Aim at Columbia University Journalists Over Climate Reports
"ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations against a team of Columbia University journalists whose reporting helped stoke calls for probes into whether the company deliberately misled the public about climate change."
Source: Politico, 12/01/2015
"A Proposed Luxury Resort Where Eagles Soar Stirs Anger"
"Twice a year, bald eagles from as far north as Canada and as far south as Florida flock by the thousands to a stretch of the Rappahannock River in Virginia for an all-you-can-eat buffet. They perch in trees atop pale cliffs rising along this river to the Chesapeake Bay and dive bomb the waters for shad, catfish, stripers and even waterfowl."
Source: AP, 12/01/2015
