Oil Spill
BP share price rises on news of settlement
AP
By ROBERT BARR
LONDON -- Shares in BP PLC hit their highest level in more than a year
Monday in the wake of the oil company's announcement that it had reached a
settlement with victims of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/05/v-print/3797432/bp-share-price-rises-on-news-of.html
State News
Drilling skeptics address Jackson County supervisors
Published: Tuesday, March 06, 2012, 7:08 AM
By April M. Havens, The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Just one drilling rig visible from Horn Island
"will destroy the wilderness character of that place," members of the 12
Miles South Coalition told Jackson County supervisors Monday afternoon.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/03/drilling_skeptics_address_jack.html
12 Miles South Coalition seeks support from Jackson Co. leaders
WLOX
As folks enjoy a day at the Pascagoula beach, they are surrounded by ships
and other signs of industry. 12 Miles South Coalition members are trying to
stop drilling rigs from going up to obstruct their view any further.
http://www.wlox.com/story/17086088/12-miles-south-coalition-seeks-support-from-jackson-co-leaders
Harrison supervisors support Lake George project
Sun Herald
By MELISSA M. SCALLAN
GULFPORT -- Harrison County supervisors unanimously passed a resolution
Monday supporting the Lake George project in George County.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/05/v-print/3797559/supervisors-support-lake-george.html
Utility authority has uncertain future
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Even without the promise of a future plant nearby, the
organization created to manage waste sites near Rentech continues to exist
and spend money.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2012/03/06/utility-authority-has-uncertain-future/
Hoping for the best: Amite landowner wary, but hopeful about fracking
Enterprise Journal
LIBERTY — Rhett Anderson of Baton Rouge calls himself "an environmentalist
but not quite a tree-hugger."
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_62955cc2-66ea-11e1-80eb-001871e3ce6c.html
State-owned lands top 390,000 acres
AP
Jackson, Miss. (AP) - Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says inventory
shows the state owns 392,547 acres.
http://www.fox40tv.com/news/local/story/State-owned-lands-top-390-000-acres/FC3-yAJldUCBaQKz79bNjA.cspx
Corps gets additional funding for flood control repairs
Mississippi Business Journal
Published: March 5,2012
VICKSBURG — The Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
recently received an additional $140 million in funding from the Disaster
Relief Appropriations Act. These funds will be used toward 81 Mississippi
Rivers and Tributaries (MR&T) projects affected by the historic 2011 flood.
http://msbusiness.com/2012/03/corps-gets-additional-funding-for-flood-control-repairs/
State offers incentive for proposed plant
AP
The state of Mississippi is offering $60 million in incentives and Lowndes
County is kicking another $16 million for infrastructure improvements to
support an operation that will melt gravel into silicon for everything from
cosmetics to cellphones and computer screens.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/06/v-print/3798176/state-offers-incentive-for-proposed.html
National News
GM adds natural-gas option to big heavy-duty pickups
USA Today
At long last, a Detroit automaker is finally waking up to the potential of
natural gas -- a fuel that's clean, cheap and domestically produced.
General Motors is announcing today that it will make 2013 Chevrolet
Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 HD extended cab pickups that can run on both
natural gas and gasoline.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/03/gm-conpressed-natural-gas-cng-chevrolet-silverado-gmc-sierra/1#.T1YWS3mcOdc
Energy Department expands 'clean fleets' program
The Hill
By Ben Geman - 03/05/12 03:23 PM ET
Several more big companies including Best Buy and Pacific Gas and Electric
are joining a year-old Energy Department program that helps corporations
make their commercial fleets more fuel-efficient and transition to
alternative-technology vehicles.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/214185-energy-department-expands-clean-fleets-program
EPA delays water pollution rules
Miami Herald
By CURTIS MORGAN
Federal environmental regulators said Monday that they will hold off on
imposing controversial water pollution standards on Florida lakes, rivers
and streams to give the state more time to crafts its own rules.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/05/2677209/epa-delays-water-pollution-rules.html
What's in a place name? Much deliberation from this board.
Washington Post
By Manuel Roig-Franzia, Published: March 5
Every month, it sifts through the scattered and collected wounds of
American sensibilities.
It's just a board, another panel of bureaucrats in the federal city's
continuous loop of committees and subcommittees. But the ruminations of
this obscure group — known as the Board of Geographic Names — might tell us
as much about what Americans consider offensive as any poll or radio
call-in show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whats-in-a-place-name-much-deliberation-from-this-board/2012/03/05/gIQAW1abtR_print.html
