Oil Spill
Jackson County Justice Court seeks central location; supervisors have
concerns
Mississippi Press
Also on Monday, supervisors passed a resolution in support of Senate Bill
2622, which requires contractors to hire local workers if they are awarded
contracts funded from federally declared disasters or spills of national
significance.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/03/jackson_county_justice_court_s.html
BP Settlement, Milestone for Some Victims, a Setback for Others
NY Times
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Denise Spivacke Haralson and her husband, Larry, figured that they almost
had their money. They had settled Mr. Haralson's claims against BP for the
losses he suffered as a construction worker in the economic slump after the
2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/us/bp-settlement-leaves-some-spill-victims-unhappy.html?_r=1&ref=earth&pagewanted=print
Doctor Says Symptoms of Gulf War Illness and Oil Spill Illness Are
'Identical'
Courthouse News
By SABRINA CANFIELD
RACELAND, La. (CN) - A bayou detoxification program is helping ill
coastal residents, many of whom lack health insurance nearly 2 years after
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. By most accounts the treatments have
helped, and thanks to donors they are free.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/20/44836.htm
Poll: Support for offshore drilling returns to pre-spill levels
The Hill
By Andrew Restuccia - 03/19/12 10:38 AM ET
Support for expanded offshore drilling, which dropped after the massive
2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has shot back up to pre-spill levels,
according to a new poll.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/216655-poll-support-for-offshore-drilling-returns-to-pre-spill-levels
State News
MDEQ closes section of Biloxi beach after sewer station overflow
Published: Monday, March 19, 2012, 1:56 PM Updated: Monday, March 19,
2012, 2:02 PM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
BILOXI, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
has closed the beach from Eisenhower Drive westward to Debuys Road and also
continuing west to Mockingbird Lane in Biloxi.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/03/mdeq_closes_section_of_biloxi.html
MDEQ closes section of beach in Biloxi
WLOX
A section of the beach in Biloxi is closed from Eisenhower Drive westward
past Debuys Road to Mockingbird Lane. The closure is considered preemptive,
and officials aren't even sure if sewage actually made it to the beach.
http://www.wlox.com/story/17193805/mdeq-closes-section-of-beach-in-biloxi
Section of beach closed temporarily
SUN HERALD
BILOXI -- A pump-station malfunction has resulted in the temporary closing
of a section of beach from Edgewater Drive in Biloxi to Mockingbird Lane in
Gulfport.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/03/19/v-print/3829053/section-of-beach-closed-temporarily.html
Energy efficiency plan in the works
WTVA
WEST POINT, Miss. (WTVA) - West Point hopes a series of changes will lead
to fewer expenses and less money coming out of the wallets of residents who
use city services.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Energy-efficiency-plan-in-the-works/JTOWKVod8UefogpYNV0eWw.cspx
Presley supports Supreme Court's reversal on Kemper power plant
by MBJ Staff
Published: March 19,2012
KEMPER COUNTY — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has issued the
following statement in response to the Supreme Court's reversal of
Mississippi Power Company's Kemper County Coal Plant:
http://msbusiness.com/2012/03/presley-supports-supreme-courts-reversal-on-kemper-power-plant/
Miss. revenue trends could bolster budget projections
AP
Because of relatively robust tax collections, top Mississippi lawmakers say
they may increase the estimate of how much money the state can spend during
the coming fiscal year.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120320/NEWS010504/203200335/Miss-revenue-trends-could-bolster-budget-projections
Lawmakers to tackle budget; look for hot Medicaid debate
Clarion Ledger
The state Legislature will attack the budget this week, with the committee
deadline for each chamber's own general bills behind them.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120320/NEWS010504/203200331/Lawmakers-tackle-budget-look-hot-Medicaid-debate
National News
Fracking Wells' Air Emissions Pose Health Risks, Study Finds
Bloomberg
By Jim Polson and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on March 19, 2012
Chemicals released into the air when natural gas is produced by hydraulic
fracturing may pose a health risk to those living nearby, the Colorado
School of Public Health said.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-19/fracking-wells-air-emissions-pose-health-risks-study-finds
CU Denver study links fracking to higher concentration of air pollutants
By Mark Jaffe
The Denver Post
People living within a half-mile of oil- and gas-well fracking operations
were exposed to air pollutants five times above a federal hazard standard,
according to a new Colorado study.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20210720/cu-denver-study-links-fracking-higher-concentration-air
Can Fracking and Carbon Sequestration Coexist?
Drilling for natural gas and storing CO2 deep underground may be headed for
a collision
Scientific American
By Christa Marshall and ClimateWire | Friday, March 16, 2012 | 4
Natural gas production and carbon sequestration may be headed for an
underground collision course.
That is the message from a new study finding that many of the same shale
rock formations where companies want to extract gas also happen to sit
above optimal sites envisioned for storing carbon dioxide underground that
is captured from power plants and industrial facilities.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-fracking-and-carbon-sequestration-co-exist
Chevron, Transocean execs banned from leaving Brazil
Bloomberg News
March 20, 2012
The chief executives of Chevron Corp.'s and Transocean Ltd.'s Brazilian
units are among 17 executives at the two companies banned from leaving the
country pending an investigation into an offshore oil spill.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chevron-20120320,0,5825587.story
