Coast Guard: Perdido oil sheen not related to BP's Deepwater Horizon spill
WALA
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) - The discovery of an oil sheen off the coast of
Orange Beach May 5, gave many locals a feeling of de-ja vu, including
Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/USCG-oil-mat-not-from-BP-spill
Orange Beach oil sheen not from BP spill; plan to deal with tar mat
expected next week
Published: Friday, May 11, 2012, 5:33 PM Updated: Saturday, May 12,
2012, 6:29 AM
By Kathy Jumper, Press-Register
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- The oil sheen found in the marina near Perdido
Pass Bridge was not from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, according to test
results from the U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District in New Orleans on Friday.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/oil_sheen_in_orange_beach_not.html
State News
Gov. Phil Bryant promises push for new levee
AP
CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants a new levee to
protect a flood-prone rural area along the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg.
http://www.fox40tv.com/news/local/story/Gov-Phil-Bryant-promises-push-for-new-levee/900V1yl3p0OfQUMKfD_tXA.cspx
Bryant addresses Delta issues
Bolivar Commercial
by Emily Peacock
05.13.12 - 10:00 am
In a packed hall at the Bologna Performing Arts Center, Moorhead native
Governor Phil Bryant delivered the keynote address for the 77th Delta
Council meeting on Friday.
http://www.bolivarcom.com/view/full_story/18575044/article-Bryant-addresses-Delta-issues?instance=homefirstleft
Gautier investigates privatizing public works to address brown water, other
issues
Published: Monday, May 14, 2012, 6:52 AM
By Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press
GAUTIER, Mississippi -- City Manager Samantha Abell is seeking proposals to
privatize the city's public works in what she said is a fact-finding
process to determine how Gautier can address capital improvements.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/05/gautier_investigating_privatiz.html
After 114 years, every acre of Mississippi soil mapped
ASSOCIATED PRESS
STARKVILLE -- After 114 years, Mississippi State University and other
agencies have completed an acre-by-acre map of Mississippi's soils -- more
than 30 million acres on them.
http://www.sunherald.com/2012/05/13/v-print/3945111/after-114-years-every-acre-of.html
Cleanup campaign produces less debris
By JACOB RESTER
DAILY LEADER
Lincoln County is feeling a little cleaner these days.
http://www.dailyleader.com/topstories/article_0ea78f06-9ba4-11e1-a97e-0019bb2963f4.html
Lower river allows Lexaria to begin early work on oil wells
by MBJ Staff
Published: May 13,2012
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Lexaria Corp reports it has a rig is on-site at the
Belmont Lake Oilfield near Clarksdale to perform workovers on the 12-1 and
12-3 wells.
http://msbusiness.com/2012/05/lower-river-allows-lexaria-to-begin-early-work-on-oil-wells/
National News
EPA says well water in northeastern Pa. gas drilling town is safe;
residents dispute assertion
By Associated Press, Published: May 11
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Federal environmental regulators say testing of scores of
drinking-water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania village has failed to
turn up unsafe levels of contamination, providing ammunition to a gas
driller that denies it polluted the aquifer with hazardous chemicals while
prompting accusations the government is distorting the data.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/epa-says-well-water-in-northeastern-pa-gas-drilling-town-is-safe-residents-dispute-assertion/2012/05/11/gIQATyDMIU_print.html
Midwest Sees a Sand Rush
Fracking Spurs Demand for the Stuff, Sparking a Mining Boom—and Vexing Some
Wall Street Journal
WINONA, Minn.—Scouts armed with geological maps and elevations from Google
Earth are knocking on doors in the upper Midwest in search of what seems
too common to mine: sand.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303877604577383923263429292.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
NPR Series To Examine Fracking
All this week, NPR is taking a deeper look at the natural gas boom in the
United States. The series is called "The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers."
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/14/152653966/npr-series-to-examine-fracking
Great Lakes Invaders Face Salty Rebuff
Wall Street Journal
By JOE BARRETT
The Coast Guard appears to be making progress in a long battle to keep
foreign creatures that lurk in ships' ballast tanks from slipping into the
Great Lakes, where they have blighted some populations of once-abundant
native fish and cause hundreds of millions of dollars a year in damage.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303877604577384032329178586.html
Global warming threatens pine forests, forcing federal officials to shift
strategy
Washington Post
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: May 13
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — A few modest features distinguish the trunk
of the limber pine standing among the trees near abandoned beaver ponds: a
white, plastic pouch attached by a removable staple, a numerical metal tag
secured with an aluminum nail and a printed warning: "Pouches on trees to
repel mountain pine beetles. Pouches contain chemicals. Do Not Touch-Do Not
Remove."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/global-warming-threatens-pine-forests-forcing-federal-officials-to-shift-strategy/2012/05/13/gIQAEHVXNU_print.html
Opinion
Kemper is too costly
Op-ed – Clarion Ledger
Five years after it was first proposed, Mississippi Power's Kemper County
Coal Gasification Plant continues to produce more controversy than
kilowatts. What makes this plant worth close inspection is the $2.4 billion
price tag hanging over the heads of southeast Mississippi ratepayers.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120513/OPINION03/205130301/Kemper-too-costly?odyssey=mod|
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Hypoxia Case Could Result In Tighter Fertilizer Regs
Farm Futures
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM (Embedded image moved to file:
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Corn Belt-based farm groups have made many volunteer efforts to curb
nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River basin. Now a lawsuit aims to drop
the voluntary approach in favor of harsh regulations.
http://farmfutures.com/blogs.aspx?fcb=23&fcbp=3241&fcbpc=0&s=4/11/2012&e=6/11/2012
U.N. cap-and-trade system: Good for China and India, but who else?
By George Russell
Published May 14, 2012
FoxNews.com
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The United Nations-administered cap and trade system to reduce planetary
greenhouse gases through investment in "green" projects in developing
countries has directed most of its billions of dollars in investments to
China and India, two of the world's most notorious polluters.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/14/un-cap-and-trade-system-good-for-china-and-india-but-who-else/#ixzz1uqEWmvG4 ?test=latestnews
