Oil Spill
Jobs were on the mind of public commenting at Early Restoration meetings on
the Coast (photo gallery)
Published: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 6:34 AM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- Hiring local workers for oil spill restoration
projects was a common thread among comments at three public meetings held
in Gautier, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis last week, said Trudy Fisher,
executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/01/jobs_were_on_the_mind_of_publi.html
Judge denies BP request to penalize Halliburton
Published: Friday, January 20, 2012, 9:33 PM
By The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge shot down BP's request to penalize
Halliburton for allegedly destroying damaging evidence about the quality of
its cement slurry that went into drilling the oil well that blew out last
year and caused the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2012/01/judge_denies_bp_request_to_pen.html
State News
New $2 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center facility to be built near
Moss Point (photo gallery)
Published: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 6:39 AM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- A bird feeder-hanging ceremony was held Friday
morning on the site of the next Pascagoula River Audubon Center, which is
within walking distance of the city's downtown area.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/01/new_2_million_pascaogoula_rive.html
New center will be gateway to Singing River
Sun Herald
By KAREN NELSON
MOSS POINT -- The Audubon Society said its new $2 million center on 10
acres in the heart of downtown Moss Point will become a gateway to the last
free-flowing river in the lower 48 states.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/20/v-print/3698443/audubon-center-is-moving-to-new.html
Whatever happened to: Big Bay insurance money distributed
Hattiesburg American
On March 12, 2004, the earthen dam at Big Bay Lake collapsed in west
central Lamar County. The deluge roared downstream through properties in
Lamar and Marion counties, and while there were no fatalities or major
injuries, about 100 homes were destroyed or damaged.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120122/NEWS01/201220333/Whatever-happened-Big-Bay-insurance-money-distributed
Students keen on going green
Sun Herald
By LINDSAY KNOWLES
GAUTIER -- Students who have spent all year learning environment-friendly
ways to live held a community Sustainable Living Day and Bicycle Fun Run on
Saturday at Gautier Middle School to pass on their new knowledge about
going green.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/21/v-print/3702133/students-keen-on-going-green.html
Health budget cut feared
Officials say lawmakers' plan would be devastating
Clarion Ledger
Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund
appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million - the
lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120123/NEWS/201230324/Health-budget-cut-feared
National News
NOAA's proposed move raises questions about its role
Washington Post
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: January 22
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a slogan that
captures its odd position in the federal hierarchy: "NOAA may be the most
important agency you've never heard of."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/noaas-proposed-move-raises-questions-about-its-role/2012/01/20/gIQANNPYJQ_print.html
Single-cup coffee makers: A morning cup of environmental harm?
LA Times
By MARY MacVEAN
If you received a one-cup coffee maker -- or a box of coffee for one -- as
a Christmas gift, by now you likely have brewed through and tossed out
plenty of those little capsules, and perhaps you've started to wonder about
the environmental impact and the value of convenience.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/21/v-print/3701838/single-cup-coffee-makers-a-morning.html
