Oil Spill
Experts Weigh Spill's Lasting Effects
Marine Studies Raise Fresh Concern After Early Fears of Environmental
Catastrophe From BP Disaster Failed to Materialize
Wall Street Journal
HOUSTON—Scientists studying the environmental impact of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are raising fresh concerns about
the effect of the leaked crude on a range of sea life, from tiny animal
plankton to dolphins.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303624004577339943866694420.html
Toll on Shellfish Takes a While to Become Clear
Wall Street Journal
By TOM FOWLER
Questions about the long-term impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil
spill on the Gulf of Mexico are playing out where man meets marine life:
the seafood industry.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303624004577340051283828264.html
Nearly two years later, oil remains
Daily Comet
By Nikki Buskey
State officials say oil continues to soil the Louisiana coast two years
after the spill. But requests to BP and the Coast Guard asking for a
long-term plan to monitor and clean up remaining oil oozing from marshes
and buried in beachfronts have been rejected.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120412/ARTICLES/120419835
Govt lawyer: Oil rig owner hindering federal probe
AP
By JUAN A. LOZANO
The owner of the oil rig that exploded and led to the massive 2010 Gulf oil
spill is thwarting a federal board's efforts to make safety recommendations
that could prevent such an accident from happening again by not honoring
the organization's subpoenas, a government lawyer told a judge on
Wednesday.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/11/v-print/3876277/prosecutor-oil-rig-owner-hindering.html
Robot searching Gulf floor for source of oil slick
Published: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 4:03 PM Updated: Thursday, April
12, 2012, 4:19 PM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
NEW ORLEANS -- Almost two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and
only about 50 miles from that ill-fated rig in the Gulf of Mexico,
authorities searched Thursday for the source of a one-mile by 10-mile
rainbow oil sheen.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/04/robot_searching_gulf_floor_for.html
Shell: Gulf oil sheen dissipating
AP
By KEVIN McGILL
Shell says an oil sheen off the coast of Louisiana has broken up and is
dissipating.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U3KVE00.htm
State News
EPA to begin cleaning up Flowood site
Area put on Superfund list in 2007
Clarion Ledger
FLOWOOD — On Tuesday, construction crews will begin clearing 12-18 inches
of contaminated top soil from eight residences located next to a
long-abandoned former industrial, federal environmental officials told a
community group Thursday.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120413/NEWS/204130339/EPA-begin-cleaning-up-Flowood-site
Volunteers needed to pick up trash in Pascagoula for Keep America Beautiful
Great American Cleanup campaign
Published: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 11:18 AM Updated: Thursday, April
12, 2012, 11:27 AM
By Susan Ruddiman, The Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- The city of Pascagoula has invited residents to
take part in the nation's largest organized annual cleanup, beautification
and community improvement program.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2012/04/volunteers_needed_to_pick_up_t.html
Trash-strewn interstates recurring problem, MDOT says
Woman reports seeing trash blowing out of truck onto road
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. -
A 16 WAPT News viewer reported seeing trash flying onto the interstate,
which state transportation officials said is not an unusual problem.
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/Trash-strewn-interstates-recurring-problem-MDOT-says/-/9156912/10664976/-/aa212sz/-/index.html
National News
Fracking Tied to Unusual Rise in Earthquakes in U.S.
Bloomberg
By Mark Drajem - Apr 12, 2012
A spate of earthquakes across the middle of the U.S. is "almost certainly"
man-made, and may be caused by wastewater from oil or gas drilling injected
into the ground, U.S. government scientists said in a study.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/earthquake-outbreak-in-central-u-s-tied-to-drilling-wastewater.html
Federal evaluation finds 3 common herbicides jeopardize the survival of
salmon
By Associated Press, Published: April 9
A draft federal evaluation has found that three more common pesticides used
on home lawns and agricultural crops jeopardize the survival of West Coast
salmon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/federal-evaluation-finds-3-common-herbicides-jeopardize-the-survival-of-salmon/2012/04/09/gIQAOxLw6S_print.html
